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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821245203321

Autore

Rennhack Robert

Titolo

Financial Dollarization in Latin America / / Robert Rennhack, Masahiro Nozaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-1349-3

1-4527-6024-1

1-282-59045-6

9786613822635

1-4519-0803-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (36 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

NozakiMasahiro

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Latin America

Currency question - Latin America

Banks and Banking

Foreign Exchange

Inflation

Money and Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Portfolio Choice

Investment Decisions

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Monetary Systems

Standards

Regimes

Government and the Monetary System

Payment Systems

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy

Factor Movement

Foreign Exchange Policy

Price Level

Deflation

Monetary economics



Banking

Currency

Foreign exchange

Macroeconomics

Currencies

Dollarization

Bank deposits

Exchange rate policy

Money

Monetary policy

Financial services

Prices

Banks and banking

Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. TRENDS IN FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION""; ""III. FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION AS A RATIONAL RESPONSE TO INFLATION""; ""IV. THE ROLE OF CREDIT RISK""; ""V. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""APPENDIX I""; ""APPENDIX II""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper tests several explanations for financial dollarization (FD), with an emphasis on Latin America. The results provide evidence that FD is a rational response to inflation uncertainty. The paper builds on previous research by finding that an exchange rate policy biased towards currency depreciation and currency mismatches tends to contribute to high FD and that FD is highly persistent. These results suggest that countries with significant FD should encourage the use of domestic currency by maintaining macroeconomic stability; allowing more exchange rate flexibility and less bias towards currency depreciation; and adapting prudential regulations to ensure that costs associated with FD are fully internalized in financial contracts. At the same time, restoring confidence in the domestic currency may take many years of sound policies.