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title: Bank Dollarization, Lending Behavior and Real Effects
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/tcb-wpaper-2617/
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updated: 2026-10-02
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:tcb:wpaper:2617
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:tcb:wpaper:2617
featured: 2026-10-02
citations: unknown
topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
---


# Bank Dollarization, Lending Behavior and Real Effects

The study shows that banks with high foreign exchange risk reduce lending to both exposed and unexposed firms after exchange rate shocks, with measurable real effects on small and medium enterprises.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:tcb:wpaper:2617
- Identifier: RePEc:tcb:wpaper:2617
- Released: 2026-09-28
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 133 (2026-10-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
- Authors: Burak Deniz, Tarik Alperen Er, Ibrahim Yarba

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