Currency Diversification of Reserves and Sovereign Debt for Small Open Economies /

An approach for minimizing risk through diversification of foreign exchange reserves and sovereign borrowings is proposed for central banks of small open economies. This approach--developed in a simple 2-period, 3-country framework--differs from past work in that the elements of exchange and price r...

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Main Author: Rajasingham, Indi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/109
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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