00600nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000190001724500650003626000090010152003730011058300190048320260716043344.0  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