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International Monetary Integration: Optimum Currency Areas and Monetary Unions

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  • Giancarlo Gandolfo

    (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei)

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As in the case of commercial integration, also in the case of monetary integration there are various degrees of integration, from the simple currency area to the full monetary union (with a single currency). This chapter examines the various degrees of international monetary integration, starting from the theory of optimum currency areas.

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  • Giancarlo Gandolfo, 2016. "International Monetary Integration: Optimum Currency Areas and Monetary Unions," Springer Texts in Business and Economics, in: International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics, edition 2, chapter 20, pages 529-555, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sptchp:978-3-662-49862-0_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-49862-0_20
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