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Blaszkiewicz-Schwartzman, M., Wozniak, P. (2006). Do the New Member States Fit the Optimum-Currency-Area Criteria?. In: Dabrowski, M., Rostowski, J. (eds) The Eastern Enlargement of the Eurozone. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25766-7_3
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