Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30453 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2654
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Using data from more than 100 economies for the period of 1975 to 2005, we conduct an extensive empirical analysis of the determinants of international reserve holdings. Four groups of determinants, namely, traditional macro variables, financial variables, institutional variables, and dummy variables that control for individual economies' characteristics are considered. We find that the relationship between international reserves and their determinants is significantly different between developed and developing economies and is not stable over time. The estimation results indicate that, especially during the recent period, a developed economy tends to hold a lower level of international reserves than a developing one. Furthermore, there is only limited evidence that East Asian economies including China and Japan are accumulating an excessive amount of international reserves.
Subjects: 
developed vs developing economies
excess hoarding
macro determinants
financial factors
institutional variables
JEL: 
F31
F34
F36
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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