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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969919803321

Autore

Rennhack Robert

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613822635

9781462313495

1462313493

9781452760247

1452760241

9781282590458

1282590456

9781451908039

1451908032

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

Bank deposits

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Currencies

Currency

Deflation

Depository Institutions

Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy

Dollarization

Exchange rate policy

Factor Movement

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Financial services

Foreign Exchange Policy

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

Government and the Monetary System

Inflation



Investment Decisions

Macroeconomics

Micro Finance Institutions

Monetary economics

Monetary policy

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

Monetary Systems

Money and Monetary Policy

Money

Mortgages

Payment Systems

Portfolio Choice

Price Level

Prices

Regimes

Standards

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.