Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
The study aims to know the concept and characteristics of dollarization and the reasons that led some economies to use the foreign currency instead of the local currency to conduct transactions or as a store of value in the national economy, as well as measuring the relationship between dollarization rates and monetary variables. Long and short term between inflation rates in Iraq and dollarization rates, and this is identical to the logic of economic theory. The study concluded with a number of recommendations, the most important of which was the reduction of the phenomenon of dollarization and its risks by adopting an approach that encourages the use of the local currency and enhances its attractiveness as a means of mediation.