A Common Currency for Belarus and Russia? /

This paper discusses costs, benefits, and implementation challenges of a possible currency union between Belarus and Russia. It shows that Belarus and Russia are economically closely linked but nevertheless do not fulfill all "optimal currency area" criteria, especially the macroeconomic s...

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Autor Principal: Prokopenko, Vassili
Outros autores: Gulde, Anne, Jafarov, Etibar
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/228
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF