From a Currency Board to the Euro: Public Attitudes Toward Unilateral Euroization in Bulgaria
23 Pages Posted: 17 Feb 2005
Date Written: January 2005
Abstract
Bulgaria has operated a currency board since 1997. It is expected to join the EU in 2007 and the EMU thereafter. This paper uses survey data to analyze public attitudes toward adoption of the euro in advance of EMU membership. Bulgarians are equally split in support for and opposition to euroization. The reasons to support euroization include the eliminated risk of currency devaluation and the perception that the euro is already widely used in the economy. The opposition derives from people's attachment to the national currency and from concerns about the conversion costs involved in a switch to the euro.
Keywords: Euroization, dollarization, euro, survey data, Bulgaria, currency boards
JEL Classification: P2, F3
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