Assessing the Assessment : A Critical Look At the June 2003 Assessment of the United Kingdom's Five Tests for Euro Entry /

This paper provides a framework for evaluating the decision to enter a currency area, including the best timing for entry, and uses it to evaluate the assessment of the five tests for euro entry published by the U.K. Treasury in June 2003. The breadth and depth of its assessment is impressive by any...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cottarelli, Carlo
Other Authors: Escolano, Julio
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/116
Online Access:Full text available on IMF