Adopting full dollarization in postconflict economies : would the gains compensate for the losses in Liberia? /

This paper discusses whether adopting the U.S. dollar as the sole legal tender could help Liberia, a postconflict economy, to boost growth and strengthen fiscal discipline. In view of the performance of exchange rate regimes in many countries and Liberia's own experience with dollarization, we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Honda, Jiro (Autor), Schumacher, Liliana (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. African Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, African Dept., ©2006.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/06/82.
Temas:
Dollar, American.
Monetary policy > Liberia.
Politique monétaire > Liberia.
Dollar américain.
Dollar, American
Economic history
Economic policy
Monetary policy
Liberia > Economic conditions.
Liberia > Economic policy.
Liberia > Conditions économiques.
Liberia > Politique économique.
Liberia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. PROS OF DOLLARIZATION: ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
  • III. CONS OF DOLLARIZATION
  • IV. CHOICES OF CURRENCY REGIMES IN POSTCONFLICT COUNTRIES
  • V. CONCLUSIONS: IS LIBERIA A CANDIDATE FOR FULL, DE JURE DOLLARIZATION?
  • References

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