| Description |
xiii, 476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Currency areas, exchange rate systems, and international monetary reform / Robert Mundell -- Unofficial dollarization in Latin America : currency substitution, network externalities, and irreversibility / Edgar L. Feige ... [et al.] -- Pros and cons of full dollarization / Andrew Berg and Eduardo R. Borensztein -- Is it time for a common currency for the Americas? / Vittorio Corbo -- Dollarization : myths and realities / Sebastian Edwards -- What problems can dollarization solve? / Barry Eichengreen -- What use is monetary sovereignty? / Kurt Schuler -- OCA approach to exchange rate regimes : a perspective on recent developments / Thomas D. Willett -- Dollarization does not make sense everywhere / John Williamson -- Problem of dollar encroachment in emerging markets / Ronald I. McKinnon -- Which countries in the Americas should dollarize? / Dominick Salvatore -- Pressures for currency consolidation in insurance and finance : are the currencies of financially small countries on the endangered list? / George M. von Furstenberg -- Monetary union : the political dimension / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Latin American official dollarization : political economy aspects / Jurgen Schuldt -- Political economy of dollarization in Mexico / Nancy Neiman Auerback and Aldo Flores-Quiroga -- Lessons of the Euro for dollarization : analytic and political economy perspectives / Harris Dellas and George S. Tavlas -- North American currency integration : a Canadian perspective / Thomas J. Courchene and Richard G. Harris -- Merit of a North American monetary union / Herbert G. Grubel -- Why Canada needs a flexible exchange rate / John D. Murray -- Should Latin America's common-law marriage to the U.S. dollar be legalized? Should Canada's? / James W. Dean -- What exchange rate arrangement works best for Latin America? / Liliana Rojas-Suarez -- Dollarization/free-banking blueprint for Argentina / Steven H. Hanke -- Argentina's currency board and the case for macroeconomic policy coordination in Mercosur / Jose Maria Fanelli -- Cuba : "dollarization" and "dedollarization" / Archibald R. M. Ritter and Nicholas P. Rowe. |
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Money.
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Dollar, American.
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Foreign exchange.
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Currency question.
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International finance.
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| Added Author |
Salvatore, Dominick.
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Dean, James W.
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Willett, Thomas D.
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| ISBN |
019515536X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0195155351 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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