Precautionary Demand for Foreign Assets in Sudden Stop Economies : An Assessment of the New Merchantilism /

Financial globalization was off to a rocky start in emerging economies hit by Sudden Stops in the 1990s. The surge in foreign reserves since then is viewed as a New Merchantilism in which reserves are a war-chest for defense against Sudden Stops. We conduct a quantitative assessment of this argument...

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Hovedforfatter: Mendoza, Enrique
Andre forfattere: Durdu, Ceyhun Bora, Terrones, Marco
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/146
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