Optimal currency shares in international reserves: The impact of the euro and the prospects for the dollar

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-547

  Papaioannou, Elias ^a   Portes, Richard ^b,c,d   Siourounis, Gregorios ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency optimizer; Euro; Foreign reserves; International currencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751502872     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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