Should Larger Reserve Holdings Be More Diversified?

International Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-444

  Beck, Roland ^a   Weber, Sebastian ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 84864294045     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2011.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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