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Was the Eurozone an Acceptable Currency Union?

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The Euro and International Financial Stability

Part of the book series: Financial and Monetary Policy Studies ((FMPS,volume 37))

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What should have been done instead of the EMU? Or, what would have been a reasonable basis upon which to base a sound monetary union? We do not intend to pose this as a historical question but rather as a way to understand the best way to form stable currency unions in the future.

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Tsionas, E.G. (2014). Was the Eurozone an Acceptable Currency Union?. In: The Euro and International Financial Stability. Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01171-4_4

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