The Optimal Level of International Reserves for Emerging Market Countries : Formulas and Applications. /

We present a model of the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy that is vulnerable to sudden stops in capital flows. Reserves allow the country to smooth domestic absorption in response to sudden stops, but yield a lower return than the interest rate on the country's...

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Main Author: Ranciere, Romain
Other Authors: Jeanne, Olivier
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006
Series:IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper no. 06/229.
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