Pressures for Currency Consolidation in Insurance and Finance

The Dollarization Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Von Furstenberg, George M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency consolidation; E commerce; Exchange rates; Monetary union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195155351.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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