Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2010
Publication Title
American Economic Journal. Macroeconomics
Department
Department of Economics
Abstract
The rapid growth of international reserves, a development concentrated in the emerging markets, remains a puzzle. In this paper, we suggest that a model based on financial stability and financial openness goes far toward explaining reserve holdings in the modern era of globalized capital markets. The size of domestic financial liabilities that could potentially be converted into foreign currency (M2), financial openness, the ability to access foreign currency through debt markets, and exchange rate policy are all significant predictors of reserve stocks. Our empirical financial-stability model seems to outperform both traditional models and recent explanations based on external short-term debt.
DOI
10.1257/mac.2.2.57
Original Citation
Obstfeld, Maurice, Jay C. Shambaugh, and Alan M. Taylor. 2010. "Financial Stability, the Trilemma, and International Reserves." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2 (2): 57-94.DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.2.57
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Obstfeld, Maurice; Shambaugh, Jay C.; and Taylor, Alan M., "Financial Stability, the Trilemma, and International Reserves" (2010). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2381.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2381
