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Dollarization in Latin America: Gresham's Law in Reverse?

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  • Mr. Pablo Emilio Guidotti
  • Mr. Carlos A. Rodriguez

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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and national and international economic developments.

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  • Mr. Pablo Emilio Guidotti & Mr. Carlos A. Rodriguez, 1991. "Dollarization in Latin America: Gresham's Law in Reverse?," IMF Working Papers 1991/117, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1991/117
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    Keywords

    WP; inflation rate; foreign currency; money demand; unit of account; dollarization rate; inflation differential; dollarization process; dollarization episode; dollarization proxy; name of dollarization-ha; Dollarization; Currencies; Inflation; Demand for money; De-dollarization;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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