Shifting Motives : Explaining the Buildup in official Reserves in Emerging Markets Since the 1980's /

Why have emerging market economies (EMEs) been stockpiling international reserves? We find that motives have varied over time?vulnerability to current account shocks was relatively important in the 1980s but, as EMEs have become more financially integrated, factors related to the magnitude of potent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghosh, Atish
Other Authors: Ostry, Jonathan, Tsangarides, Charalambos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/034
Online Access:Full text available on IMF