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Subject: Economics and Finance Book Title: The Dollarization Debate

The Dollarization Debate Salvatore, Dominick (Editor), Chair of Economics, Fordham University Dean, James W. (Editor), Professor of Economics, Simon Faser University Willett, Thomas D. (Editor), Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate School Print publication date: 2003 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515535-8 doi:10.1093/0195155351.001.0001
Abstract: This book presents a compilation of papers that explore the dollarization debate. The prevailing view is that all exchange rate regimes have benefits and costs, which will vary across countries. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents a general analysis of the dollarization debate. Part II focuses on the political economy. Part III looks into the dollarization debate in North America. Part IV considers the case for dollarization in Latin America. Keywords: dollarization, exchange rate regime, currency Table of Contents Full Book Contents Preface Introduction I. General Analysis A Visionary's View 1. Currency Areas, Exchange Rate Systems, and International Monetary Reform De Facto Dollarization 2. Unofficial Dollarization in Latin America Pros and Cons 3. The Pros and Cons of Full Dollarization Pros and Cons 4. Is It Time for a Common Currency for the Americas? Pros and Cons 5. Dollarization Pros and Cons 6. What Problems Can Dollarization Solve? Pros and Cons 7. What Use Is Monetary Sovereignty? One Regime for All Countries? 8. The OCA Approach to Exchange Rate Regimes One Regime for All Countries? 9. Dollarization Does not Make Sense Everywhere One Regime for All Countries? 10. The Problem of Dollar Encroachment in Emerging Markets One Regime for All Countries? 11. Which Countries in the Americas Should Dollarize? One Regime for All Countries? 12. Pressures for Currency Consolidation in Insurance and Finance II. Political Economy 13. Monetary Union 14. Latin American Official Dollarization 15. The Political Economy of Dollarization in Mexico 16. Lessons of the Euro for Dollarization III. North America 17. North American Currency Integration 18. The Merit of a North American Monetary Union 19. Why Canada Needs a Flexible Exchange Rate IV. Latin America 20. Should Latin America's Common-Law Marriage to the U.S. Dollar Be Legalized? 21. What Exchange Rate Arrangement Works Best for Latin America? 22. A Dollarization/Free-Banking Blueprint for Argentina 23. Argentina's Currency Board and the Case for Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in Mercosur 24. Cuba Index

doi:10.1093/0195155351.001.0001