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Growing activity and commitment of money in Second Life motivate the analysis of its economic and monetary system. It is stated that the allocation of resources to the virtual world can increase utility. Resulting demand for virtual goods drives demand for Linden Dollars - the unit of exchange...
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This paper explores how non-U.S. central banks behave when firms in their economies engage in currency mismatch, borrowing more heavily in dollars than justified by their operating exposures. We begin by documenting that, in a panel of 53 countries, central bank holdings of dollar reserves are...
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The inquiry into the global significance of the euro, which is the second most important currency in the international financial system after the US dollar (hereinafter, the dollar), should be treated as a priority in efforts to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy. The main obstacles...
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We develop a two-country business-cycle model of the US and the rest of the world with dollar dominance in trade invoicing, in cross-border credit, and in safe assets. The interplay between these elements - dollar trinity - rationalizes salient features of the Global Financial Cycle in the data:...
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This paper explores how real dollarization (dollar indexing of wages), financial dollarization (dollar denomination of … shocks. Real dollarization is avoided as long as the home monetary authorities conduct monetary policy optimally (maximize … local welfare). Suboptimal monetary policies are more likely to induce real dollarization when the correlation between …
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This paper addresses the challenges to prudential supervision in highly dollarized economies, where central banks and supervisors may be constrained in the use of standard money and financial policy tools. The study’s conclusions are the basis of an ongoing policy dialogue with IMF member...
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