Currency Unions (Hoover Institution Press Publication)
Contributors: Alberto Alesina (Editor); Robert J. Barro (Editor)
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press; Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780817928421
Subjects: Monetary policy; Foreign Exchange; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Monetary unions; International cooperation; Congresses; Currency question
First sentence: Ecuador's decision to dollarize was taken in January 2000 by then President Jamil Mahuad, who only a few days before had described the idea as "a jump into the abyss."