Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?

De Nicol� Honohan, and Ize assess the benefits and risks associated with dollarization of the banking system. The authors provide novel empirical evidence on the determinants of dollarization, its role in promoting financial development, and on whe...

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Main Authors: De Nicolo, Gianni, Honohan, Patrick, Ize, Alain
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-181332021-04-23T14:03:41Z Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad? De Nicolo, Gianni Honohan, Patrick Ize, Alain ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACTUAL COST ASSET SUBSTITUTION BALANCE SHEETS BANK DEPOSITS BANK FAILURE BANK RESERVES BANKING CRISES BANKING SYSTEM CAPITAL CONTROLS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS COUNTRY VARIATIONS CURRENCY BOARD CURRENCY BOARDS CURRENCY FLUCTUATION CURRENCY REGIME CURRENCY RISK CURRENCY SUBSTITUTION CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEMAND DEPOSITS DEPOSIT DOLLARIZATION DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOLLAR DEPOSITS DOLLAR INDEXATION DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC RESIDENTS ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EURO EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENTS EXCHANGE DEPOSITS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY EXCHANGE RATE PEGS EXCHANGE RATE POLICY EXCHANGE RATE REGIME EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS EXPROPRIATION EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CONTRACTS FINANCIAL DEEPENING FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION FINANCIAL INNOVATION FINANCIAL INSTABILITY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL REPRESSION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOREIGN BORROWING FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HIGH INFLATION HIGH PREMIUM HIGH RATES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION TARGETING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE RISK INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL RESERVES LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEM LEGAL TENDER LIQUIDATION LIQUIDITY LOANABLE FUNDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET RISK MATURITIES MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY MONETARY REGIME MORAL HAZARD MUTUAL FUNDS NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NONPERFORMING LOANS OUTPUT PENSIONS POLICY AGENDA POLICY CREDIBILITY POLICY RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE AGENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATES REAL SECTOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK FACTORS RISK PREMIA SECURITIES SOLVENCY STABILIZATION STABLE EXCHANGE RATE STORE OF VALUE TAX SYSTEM TIME DEPOSITS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES VOLATILITY WAGES BANKING SYSTEMS DOLLARS MACROECONOMIC POLICY INFLATION MONETARY SYSTEMS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOREIGN CURRENCY FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION CURRENCY MARKETS CURRENCY HOLDINGS OF FUND BANKING SYSTEMS WAGES De Nicol� Honohan, and Ize assess the benefits and risks associated with dollarization of the banking system. The authors provide novel empirical evidence on the determinants of dollarization, its role in promoting financial development, and on whether dollarization is associated with financial instability. They find that: The credibility of macroeconomic policy and the quality of institutions are both key determinants of cross-country variations in dollarization. Dollarization is likely to promote financial deepening only in a high inflation environment. Financial instability is likely higher in dollarized economies. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for financial sector and monetary policies. 2014-05-01T20:19:34Z 2014-05-01T20:19:34Z 2003-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2495955/dollarization-banking-system-good-or-bad http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18133 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3116 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACTUAL COST
ASSET SUBSTITUTION
BALANCE SHEETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FAILURE
BANK RESERVES
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEM
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS
COUNTRY VARIATIONS
CURRENCY BOARD
CURRENCY BOARDS
CURRENCY FLUCTUATION
CURRENCY REGIME
CURRENCY RISK
CURRENCY SUBSTITUTION
CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSIT DOLLARIZATION
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOLLAR DEPOSITS
DOLLAR INDEXATION
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL SYSTEM
DOMESTIC INVESTORS
DOMESTIC RESIDENTS
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EURO
EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENTS
EXCHANGE DEPOSITS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES
EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY
EXCHANGE RATE PEGS
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY
EXCHANGE RATES
EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS
EXPROPRIATION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL DEEPENING
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REPRESSION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
HIGH INFLATION
HIGH PREMIUM
HIGH RATES
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFLATION
INFLATION TARGETING
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE RISK
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGAL TENDER
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDITY
LOANABLE FUNDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS
LONG TERM
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET RISK
MATURITIES
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY REGIME
MORAL HAZARD
MUTUAL FUNDS
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OUTPUT
PENSIONS
POLICY AGENDA
POLICY CREDIBILITY
POLICY RESEARCH
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE AGENTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL EXCHANGE
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATES
REAL SECTOR
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RISK FACTORS
RISK PREMIA
SECURITIES
SOLVENCY
STABILIZATION
STABLE EXCHANGE RATE
STORE OF VALUE
TAX SYSTEM
TIME DEPOSITS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VOLATILITY
WAGES BANKING SYSTEMS
DOLLARS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
INFLATION
MONETARY SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
CURRENCY MARKETS
CURRENCY HOLDINGS OF FUND
BANKING SYSTEMS
WAGES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACTUAL COST
ASSET SUBSTITUTION
BALANCE SHEETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FAILURE
BANK RESERVES
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEM
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS
COUNTRY VARIATIONS
CURRENCY BOARD
CURRENCY BOARDS
CURRENCY FLUCTUATION
CURRENCY REGIME
CURRENCY RISK
CURRENCY SUBSTITUTION
CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSIT DOLLARIZATION
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOLLAR DEPOSITS
DOLLAR INDEXATION
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL SYSTEM
DOMESTIC INVESTORS
DOMESTIC RESIDENTS
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EURO
EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENTS
EXCHANGE DEPOSITS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES
EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY
EXCHANGE RATE PEGS
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY
EXCHANGE RATES
EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS
EXPROPRIATION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL DEEPENING
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REPRESSION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
HIGH INFLATION
HIGH PREMIUM
HIGH RATES
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFLATION
INFLATION TARGETING
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE RISK
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGAL TENDER
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDITY
LOANABLE FUNDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS
LONG TERM
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET RISK
MATURITIES
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY REGIME
MORAL HAZARD
MUTUAL FUNDS
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OUTPUT
PENSIONS
POLICY AGENDA
POLICY CREDIBILITY
POLICY RESEARCH
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE AGENTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL EXCHANGE
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATES
REAL SECTOR
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RISK FACTORS
RISK PREMIA
SECURITIES
SOLVENCY
STABILIZATION
STABLE EXCHANGE RATE
STORE OF VALUE
TAX SYSTEM
TIME DEPOSITS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VOLATILITY
WAGES BANKING SYSTEMS
DOLLARS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
INFLATION
MONETARY SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
CURRENCY MARKETS
CURRENCY HOLDINGS OF FUND
BANKING SYSTEMS
WAGES
De Nicolo, Gianni
Honohan, Patrick
Ize, Alain
Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3116
description De Nicol� Honohan, and Ize assess the benefits and risks associated with dollarization of the banking system. The authors provide novel empirical evidence on the determinants of dollarization, its role in promoting financial development, and on whether dollarization is associated with financial instability. They find that: The credibility of macroeconomic policy and the quality of institutions are both key determinants of cross-country variations in dollarization. Dollarization is likely to promote financial deepening only in a high inflation environment. Financial instability is likely higher in dollarized economies. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for financial sector and monetary policies.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author De Nicolo, Gianni
Honohan, Patrick
Ize, Alain
author_facet De Nicolo, Gianni
Honohan, Patrick
Ize, Alain
author_sort De Nicolo, Gianni
title Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
title_short Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
title_full Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
title_fullStr Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
title_full_unstemmed Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?
title_sort dollarization of the banking system : good or bad?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2495955/dollarization-banking-system-good-or-bad
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18133
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