Rachet Effects in Currency Substitution : An Application to the Kyrgyz Republic /

Currency substitution is now a common issue in the design of monetary policy in most transition economies. This paper analyzes the persistence of this phenomenon in the Kyrgyz Republic by including a ratchet variable in the model specification. The main conclusion of the paper is that, while some de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mongardini, Joannes
Other Authors: Mueller, Johannes
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/102
Online Access:Full text available on IMF