TY - BOOK AU - Berg,Andrew AU - Borensztein,Eduardo TI - Full Dollarization: The Pros and Cons T2 - Economic Issues; Economic Issues SN - 1557759979 : SN - 1020-8399 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Central Bank KW - imf KW - Currency Board KW - Currency Boards KW - Dollarization KW - Domestic Currency N2 - Analyzes the costs and benefits of full dollarization, or the adoption by one country of another country's currency. Potential advantages include lower borrowing costs and deeper integration into world markets. But countries lose the ability to devalue, and become dependent on the U.S. Compares with currency board option UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF051/02682-9781557759979/02682-9781557759979/02682-9781557759979.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781557759979 ER -