Published In

CESIFO Working Paper series

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

5-1-2009

Subjects

Foreign exchange reserves, Developed countries -- Economic conditions

Abstract

Using data from more than 100 economies for the period of 1975 to 2005, we conduct an extensive empirical analysis of the determinants of international reserve holdings. Four groups of determinants, namely, traditional macro variables, financial variables, institutional variables, and dummy variables that control for individual economies’ characteristics are considered. We find that the relationship between international reserves and their determinants is significantly different between developed and developing economies and is not stable over time. The estimation results indicate that, especially during the recent period, a developed economy tends to hold a lower level of international reserves than a developing one.

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Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 2654.

DOI

10.1080/10168730903372208

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/4845

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