Optimal reserve composition in the presence of sudden stops

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1107-1127

  Beck, Roland ^a   Rahbari, Ebrahim ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Currency composition; F31; F32; F33; Foreign exchange reserves; G11; Sudden stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051807247     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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