Demand and Supply Shocks in the Caribbean Economies: Implications for Monetary Union

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pentecost,Eric (Author) and Turner,Paul (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Oct 2010
    Published:
    Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The World Economy
    Journal Title Details:
    33(10) : 1325-1337
    ISBN:
    0378-5920
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, International relations, Economic conditions, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Political economy, Prices, Supply and demand, Business finance, and Monetary unions
    Notes:
    Assesses if the economies of Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana can form part of a Caribbean monetary union. Correlations between the demand and supply indicate that monetary union may lead to greater stabilization problems for these economies.

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