Can NAFTA be a stepping stone to monetary integration in North America?

Economie Internationale

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-148

  Salvatore, Dominick ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common currency; Dollarization; Monetary integration; NAFTA; Optimum currency area

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649780811     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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