IMF Working Papers

Currency Substitution in Developing Countries: An Introduction

By Guillermo Calvo, Carlos A. Végh Gramont

May 1, 1992

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Guillermo Calvo, and Carlos A. Végh Gramont Currency Substitution in Developing Countries: An Introduction, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

This paper reviews the main policy and analytical issues related to currency substitution in developing countries. The paper discusses, first, whether currency substitution should be encouraged or not; second, how the presence of currency substitution affects the choice of nominal anchors in inflation stabilization programs; third, the effects of changes in the rate of growth of the money supply on the real exchange rate; fourth, the interaction between inflationary finance and currency substitution; and, finally, issues related to the empirical verification of the currency substitution hypothesis.

Subject: Currencies, Demand for money, Dollarization, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Monetary policy, Money, Prices, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Currencies, Currency substitutability, Currency substitution, Currency-substitution problem, Demand for money, Dollarization, Dollarization process, Domestic money, Foreign currency, Inflation, Inflation rate, Medium of exchange, Nominal interest rate, Real exchange rates, Substitution hypothesis, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1992/040

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0401992

  • ISBN:

    9781451845884

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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