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To Be or Not to Be in the Ruble Zone: Lessons from the Baltic States

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  • Natalia Levenko
  • Karsten Staehr

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  • Natalia Levenko & Karsten Staehr, 2017. "To Be or Not to Be in the Ruble Zone: Lessons from the Baltic States," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 17(04), pages 34-42, January.
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    Keywords

    Systemtransformation; Transformationsstaaten; Währungsumstellung; Rubel; Wechselkurssystem; Eurozone; Baltische Staaten; Estland; Lettland; Litauen;
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    JEL classification:

    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General

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