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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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2007.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2007/294 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |