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Ready or not? Constructing the Monetary Union Readiness Index Cover

Ready or not? Constructing the Monetary Union Readiness Index

By: Szilárd Erhart  
Open Access
|Jan 2022

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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 66
Submitted on: Sep 22, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2021
Published on: Jan 18, 2022
Published by: Central Bank of Montenegro
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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