Too much of a good thing? The adequacy of international reserves in the aftermath of crises

World Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 873-891

  Bird, Graham ^a   Rajan, Ramkishen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTION; CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL CRISIS;

EID: 0041312394     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00552     Document Type: Article

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