Which Countries in the Americas Should Dollarize?

The Dollarization Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Salvatore, Dominick ^a,b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Costs; Currency; Dollarization; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195155351.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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