Optimum Currency Areas: New Analytical and Policy Developments

Mr. Leonardo Leiderman

International Monetary Fund, Jun 17, 1997 - Business & Economics - 123 pages

Robert Mundell's pioneering theory of optimum currency areas is revisited, with experts from the IMF, the BIS, the European Investment Bank, academia, European think tanks, and the Bank of Israel looking at its current practical applications, especially in the context of the forthcoming European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Robert Mundell himself offers an update to help in assessing the implications and consequences of EMU.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Optimum Currency Areas: New Analytical and Policy Developments
• Author: Mr. Leonardo Leiderman
• Editors: Mr. Mario I. Bléjer, Mr. David M. Cheney, Mr. Jacob A. Frenkel, Assaf Razin
• Publisher: International Monetary Fund, 1997
• ISBN: 1455287105, 9781455287109
• Length: 123 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Banks & Banking; Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics; Business & Economics / Public Finance