00571nam a2200085Ia 4500100001900000245006500019260000900084520037300093583001900466  aMUSSA, Michael  aPolitical and institutional commitment to a common currency.  c1997  aArgues that political considerations, rather than purely economic concerns, are the predominant practical determinants of the domain of operation of currency regimes.  Considers how these factors affect the differences between currency areas and currency unions, more importantly in the effort to transform European monetary arrangements from a currency area into EMU.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR