The previous literature on dollarization processes has two basic problems. First is the poor empirical methods of measurement, and second is the lack of a clear definition of the phenomenon under study. Several methodological problems have not been successfully addressed. Foreign currency...

This paper examines the existence, causes and effects of currency substitution in Nigeria by estimating conventional money demand equations based on a partial adjustment and an autoregressive distributed lag models using three definitions of monetary aggregates. The behavior of the foreign...

Unlike most hyperinflations, during Zimbabwe's recent hyperinflation, as in Revolutionary France, the currency ended before the regime. The empirical results here suggest that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe operated on the correct side of the inflation tax Laffer curve before abandoning the...