This paper investigates why non-U.S. central banks accumulate large holdings of dollar-denominated foreign exchange reserves, focusing on a previously under-emphasized motive: the currency mismatch of …
PublishedClassicThe Quarterly Journal of EconomicsPublished Nov 1991
This 1991 Quarterly Journal of Economics paper by Kenneth Froot and Jeremy Stein explains the empirical correlation between dollar depreciation and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the …
This 2000 *American Economic Review* paper (circulated as NBER Working Paper 6056, June 1997, under the title "What Do a Million Banks Have to Say About the Transmission of Monetary Policy?") tests …