What drives credit dollarization in transition economies?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 858-869

  Luca, Alina ^a   Petrova, Iva ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance sheet mismatches; Credit dollarization; Currency risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849094110     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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