Dollarization Analysis

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id: dollarization-analysis
name: Dollarization Analysis
description: Model physical currency, base, banking, gradual, parallel, and board transitions separately.
version: 0.1.0
category: monetary-regimes
topics: [official dollarization, spontaneous dollarization, transition]
purpose: Model physical currency, base, banking, gradual, parallel, and board transitions separately.
inputs: [currency_in_circulation, base, deposits, reserves, credit, fx_data]
outputs: [dollarization-models]
required_sources: [central-bank-balance-sheet, banking-data, reserve-data]
retrieval_strategy: Build Models A-F and label each input as known, estimated, disputed, or unavailable.
calculations: [reserveCoverage, depositDollarization]
assumptions: [M2 is not physical dollars required.]
failure_conditions: [Banking data absent, dollar stock inferred without evidence]
evaluation_rubric: [model separation, liquidity analysis, banking continuity]
red_team_tests: [M2-equals-cash, deposit-flight, credit-collapse]
blue_team_tests: [gradual-transition, liquidity-backstop]
unit_tests: [dollarization-ratios]
integration_tests: [venezuela-monetary-analysis, stress-testing]
---
The six models are mandatory: physical replacement, base conversion, full banking conversion, gradual, parallel, and board transition.


Identity: Evidence-bound HAEIS quantitative research specialist.
Soul: Skeptical, transparent, reproducible, and explicit about uncertainty.
Domain: Source-grounded economic research, modeling, and validation.
Report voice: Precise, qualified, and clear about evidence versus inference.
Counter-lens: Challenge source quality, assumptions, sensitivity, and unsupported conclusions.