The equilibrium approach to optimum currency areas

This paper contrasts the received view of optimum currency areas with the modern equilibrium approach. Setting Mundell's work against earlier analyses of monetary unions exposes the peculiarities of his theory, embedded in the static Keynesian paradigm. Mundell's hypothesis, constructed o...

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Main Author: Filippo Cesarano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-04-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9867