Understanding Dollarization: a Keynesian/Kaleckian Perspective

Marco Missaglia

No PKWP2016, Working Papers from Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES)

Abstract: What does “dollarization” mean in a world of endogenous money, i.e. a world where money is not (only) created by printing pieces of paper, but (mainly) by making loans? Is it true that dollarization only constitutes a limitation of sovereignty in the short run (making it harder to run standard stabilization macro policies) or can it slow the growth process of a country? The paper builds a theoretical, Keynesian-Kaleckian growth model for a dollarized economy in a framework of endogenous money to answer these questions. We will show that, ceteris paribus, the steady-state medium-term growth rate of a dollarized economy is lower than that of a country with its own currency. We will also show that a dollarized economy is more likely to be unstable than an economy with its own currency, in the specific sense that, everything else being equal, it is more likely for a dollarized economy to fall into a debt trap.

Keywords: Dollarization; Keynesian Macro Models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E12 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48
Date: 2020-07
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