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Dollarisation in the Former Soviet Union: from Hysteria to Hysteresis

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  • Oleh Havrylyshyn

    () (International Monetary Fund, European II Department, Room HQ 6-120, 700 19th street NW, Washington DC, 20431, USA.)

  • Christian H Beddies

    () (International Monetary Fund, European II Department, Room HQ 6-120, 700 19th street NW, Washington DC, 20431, USA.)

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    This paper reviews evidence of dollarisation in Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries, and finds that it is still very high, the well-known hysteresis effect. However high dollarisation – defined as the use of any foreign currency – is not only due to inertial lack of confidence. There is also some tentative evidence that suggests foreign currency is used – in both cash and deposit form – as one of the very few alternative instruments for portfolio diversification in an embryonic financial market. It is also shown that, contrary to the received wisdom, high dollarisation does not seriously impede effective conduct of monetary policy: money demand in FSU countries is stabilising, and the most important objective, meaningful inflation control, has been widely achieved. Thus, high dollarisation is not per se as damaging as often thought, and in fact has a beneficial dimension in promoting financial market development. Nonetheless, high dollarisation remains a concern since it provides mechanisms for magnifying vulnerabilities in the event of a crisis even if it might not be the direct cause of a crisis. This necessarily implies that some policy options (such as immediate exchange rate devaluation) are not viable or very costly in a crisis. Comparative Economic Studies (2003) 45, 329–357. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100018

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    Article provided by Palgrave Macmillan in its journal Comparative Economic Studies.

    Volume (Year): 45 (2003)
    Issue (Month): 3 (September)
    Pages: 329-357

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    1. Erjon Luçi & Marta Muço & Elvira Sojli, 2006. "Euroisation in Albania: From Spontaneous to Consensual," The wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers 071, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
    2. Olga Aslanidi, 2008. "Dollarization in Transition Economies: New Evidence from Georgia," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp366, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economic Institute, Prague.

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