Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212529 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 15/2003
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The first part of this paper is a review of significant papers in the vast literature on optimum currency area (OCA) theory.The author focuses on the main classical contributions, then considers modern treatment of OCA theory.The second part considers empirical literature on the types of geographical areas that might constitute optimum currency areas, particularly with respect to asymmetry and symmetry of shocks.
JEL: 
E42
F33
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ISBN: 
951-686-878-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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