Euroopan rahaliitto, Maastrichtin konvergenssikriteerit ja optimivaluutta-alueteoriat

1997

Prospects of Finnish regional development under EMU and deepening integration

1998

Deepening integration and EMU will bring about different economic benefits and costs, which will be unevenly distributed between regions. In order to form an optimum currency area, the economic structures of regions should be similar and diversified enough to enable them to avoid large-scale asymmetric shocks. However, if the regions are structurally very different, there is a risk of these shocks, especially in the structurally most different, non-diversified and often economically weak areas. The risk will further increase if EMU leads to increasing and deepening regional specialisation. Within EMU the adjustment mechanisms of the economy are more limited than before, as the members of th…

Qualification requirements of SMEs in Internet-based electronic commerce : findings from Finland

2010