A cross-country empirical analysis of international reserves

International Economic Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-481

  Cheung, Yin Wong ^a,b   Ito, Hiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developed versus developing economies; Excess hoarding; Financial factors; Institutional variables; Macro determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149113869     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730903372208     Document Type: Article

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