I extend the Bayoumi-Eichengreen (1993) approach by extracting new information from a scatter plot of correlation coefficients between shocks in order to better visualize how far a given country is from a monetary union. Indexes of distance and relative strength can be derived from either a...

This paper extends Bayoumi and Eichengreen's (1993) approach to better visualize how far a given country is from a monetary union. Useful information is extracted from the scatter plot of correlation coefficients between supply and demand shocks. Indexes of distance and relative strength of...

I extend the Bayoumi-Eichengreen (1993) approach by extracting new information from a scatter plot of correlation coefficients between shocks in order to better visualize how far a given country is from a monetary union. Indexes of distance and relative strength can be derived from either a...

PAPER REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR - 10/18/07.

PAPER REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR - 10/18/07.