Dollarisation in Theory and Practice

• Author(s): John C. B. Cooper • Published: December 2004
• Pages in paper: 12


Abstract

Dollarisation involves the replacement of a soft domestic currency with a hard foreign alternative. This paper explains the different forms that dollarisation can take, its consequences for an economy, and concludes by exploring the experience of Panama, a country dollarised since 1904.



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