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rise and fall of inflation during 1991-97. The methodology could usefully be applied to other economies whose exports are …
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provide evidence that FD is a rational response to inflation uncertainty. The paper builds on previous research by finding …
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This paper examines the factors underlying the stability of inflation observed following devaluations of the Spanish … completely offset by determinants of the cyclical position of the economy and the low inflation rate in 1993-94 should not be …
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We isolate a U.S. dollar currency premium by comparing corporate bonds issued in the dollar and the euro by firms o utside t he U .S. a nd e uro a rea. We make s everal empirical observations that dissect the perceived advantage of borrowing in the dollar. First, while the dollar dominates...
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-market-exchange rate and the ratio of domestic to foreign money in Peru; that is, the hypothesis of currency substitution can explain the … behavior of real holdings of money in Peru. The paper also shows that, while the importance of currency substitution as a … transmission mechanism through which domestic policies affected the dynamics of inflation was relatively small during a period of …
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This paper examines how financial development influences the debt dollarization of nonfinancial firms in a sample of emerging market economies (EMEs). The macroeconomic channels are identified from an optimal portfolio allocation model and assessed empirically using the accounting information of...
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Rapidly rising dollarization and numerous related financial crises in recent years have heightened the need for policy action. This paper contributes to the policy debate by presenting a common analytic framework that examines the roots of de facto financial dollarization under different...
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The shift to inflation targeting has contributed to the relatively low inflation observed in some emerging market … in two highly dollarized economies (Peru and Bolivia) vis-à-vis two economies with low levels of dollarization (Chile and … impact on real and financial sectors, it does not preclude the use of inflation targeting as a policy regime …
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This paper evaluates ways to protect highly dollarized banking systems from systemic liquidity runs (such as the ones that took place recently in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay). In view of the limitations of available (private or official) insurance schemes, and the distortions introduced by...
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De facto (unofficial) dollarization, defined as the holding by residents of assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, is a policy concern in an increasing number of developing economies. This paper addresses the dollarization debate from this perspective, with the goal of setting...
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