Is the accumulation of international reserves good for development?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 665-681

  Cruz, Moritz ^a   Walters, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital management; Financial stability; International reserves; Speculative attacks

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY APPROACH;

EID: 51349167423     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben028     Document Type: Article

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