The rocky road ahead: China, the US and the future of the dollar

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-353

  Bowles, Paul ^a   Wang, Baotai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dollar dominance; Exchange rates; Global imbalances; International currency; Monetary power; Renminbi

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749085073     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290801928665     Document Type: Review

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