The Merit of a North American Monetary Union

The Dollarization Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Grubel, Herbert G ^a,b  

^a Fraser Institute   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Common currency; Mexico; Monetary union; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195155351.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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