The journey towards dollarization: the role of the tourism industry

Raheem, Ibrahim and Ajide, Kazeem (2020): The journey towards dollarization: the role of the tourism industry. Forthcoming in: Current Issues in Tourism

Abstract

There has been an increasing wave of globalization since the turn of the millennium. This study focuses on two by-products of globalization: dollarization and tourism. Empirical studies have ignored the possible relationship between dollarization and tourism. However, we hypothesize that a booming tourism industry will fuel increase in the usage and circulation of foreign currencies, thus increasing the level of dollarization. The objective of this study is to examine the extent to which the tourism industry exacerbates the dollarization process of selected Sub-sahara African (SSA) countries. Using Tobit regression, we found that tourism positively affects dollarization. Our results are robust to: (i) alternative measures of tourism; (ii) accounting for endogeneity and outlier effects.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Dollarization; tourism; Subsaharan Africa
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E40 - General; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange

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