International reserves: Precautionary versus mercantilist views, theory and evidence

Open Economies Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-214

  Aizenman, Joshua ^a   Lee, Jaewoo ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crises; International reserves; Mercantilist; Precautionary demand

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL CRISIS;

EID: 34249737467     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-007-9030-z     Document Type: Article

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