Eliminating monetary duality in Cuba

  1. Álvaro González Lorente 1
  2. Montserrat Hernández López 1
  3. Francisco Javier Martín Álvarez 1
  4. Javier Mendoza Jiménez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

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Revista:
Estudios de economía aplicada

ISSN: 1133-3197,  1697-5731

Año de publicación: 2020

Título del ejemplar: Challenges in the construction of composite indicators

Volumen: 38

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.25115/EAE.V38I1.2856 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Estudios de economía aplicada

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Resumen

Desde que en agosto de 1994 se adoptara en Cuba la dualidad monetaria, han convivido en la Isla dos monedas: el peso cubano convertible (CUC) y el peso cubano moneda nacional (CUP). Existiendo un doble tipo de cambio fijo entre CUC y CUP y entre CUC y dólar estadounidense (USD), en realidad también existe un tipo de cambio fijo entre CUP y USD y, consecuentemente, parece necesaria la unificación monetaria. El problema radica en fijar el tipo de cambio de la moneda que pervivirá (CUP) frente a la eliminada (CUC). En este artículo se realiza una revisión de los aspectos más interesantes de esta circunstancia, y se proporcionan argumentos sobre cuál sería el tipo de cambio más adecuado entre el peso cubano moneda nacional y el peso cubano convertible.

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