The Optimal Level of International Reserves for Emerging Market Countries : Formulas and Applications /

We present a model of the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy that is vulnerable to sudden stops in capital flows. Reserves allow the country to smooth domestic absorption in response to sudden stops, but yield a lower return than the interest rate on the country's...

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Prif Awdur: Ranciere, Romain
Awduron Eraill: Jeanne, Olivier
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/229
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF