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Are All Measures of International Reserves Created Equal? An Empirical Comparison of International Reserve Ratios

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dc.creator Wong, Clement Yuk-pang
dc.creator Cheung, Yin-Wong
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:57:59Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:57:59Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 2008-15 1-61 doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2008-15
dc.identifier doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2008-15
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18028
dc.identifier ppn:567806715
dc.identifier http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2008-15
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:ifweej:7282
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18028
dc.description Using available annual data of 174 economies since 1957, we examine the similarities and differences of seven international reserve ratios. While individual international reserve ratios display substantial variations across economies, they are associated with an economy?s characteristics including geographic location, income level, stage of development, degree of indebtedness, and exchange rate regime. The association pattern varies across time and type of international reserve ratios. Interestingly, there is only limited evidence that Asian and non-Asian economies have significantly different international reserve hoarding behavior. Our results suggest that the inference about whether an economy is hoarding too many or too few international reserves depends on the choice of international reserve ratio. Further, different international reserve ratios exhibit different persistence profiles, but the evidence of dependence on structural characteristics is rather weak.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2008-15
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.en
dc.subject F40
dc.subject F30
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject International reserve ratios
dc.subject structural characteristics
dc.subject cross-economy analysis
dc.subject Reservewährung
dc.subject Sozialprodukt
dc.subject Vergleich
dc.subject Welt
dc.title Are All Measures of International Reserves Created Equal? An Empirical Comparison of International Reserve Ratios
dc.type doc-type:article
dc.coverage 1957-2004


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