Is Brazil Different? : Risk, Dollarization, and Interest Rates in Emerging Markets /

We investigate the role of financial dollarization in the determination of real interest rates in emerging economies. In a simple analytical model, we show that a strategy of "dedollarizing" the economy, if it fails to address fundamental macroeconomic risks, leads to higher domestic real...

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Hovedforfatter: Holland, Marcio
Andre forfattere: Bacha, Edmar L., Goncalves, Fernando M.
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/294
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