Euroization Drivers and Effective Policy Response. An Application to the Case of Albania
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Author: Guido della Valle, Vasilika Kota, Romain Veyrune, Ezequiel Cabezon, Shaoyu Guo
Printed on: 22.02.2018
Production date: 22.02.2018
Material category : Not Periodic Publications / Working Papers
This paper proposes a methodology to develop empirically based and theoretically consistent deeuroization policies. It is derived from the experience of Albania. The paper is the first attempt to provide an empirical measure of the optimal level of euroization. The results indicate that euroization is trending above the estimated measure in Albania, calling for deeuroization policies. In the long term, deeuroization requires maintaining the commitment to low and stable inflation in a context of greater exchange rate flexibility to encourage saving in local currency. In the short term, policies that mitigate the financial stability risk due to euroization contribute to deeuroization inasmuch as they make banking intermediation in euro less financially attractive to the public.