The OCA Approach to Exchange Rate Regimes

The Dollarization Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Willett, Thomas D ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate regime; Monetary policy; Optimal currency area theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195155351.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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