Strict dollarization and economic performance: An empirical investigation

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 269-282

  Edwards, Sebastian ^a,b   Magendzo, I Igal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dollarization; Growth; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644755680     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0016     Document Type: Article

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