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We document a decline in the dollar share of international reserves since the turn of the century. This decline …, or of changes in coverage of surveys of reserve composition. Strikingly, the decline in the dollar's share has not been … that, along with the dollar, have historically comprised the IMF's Special Drawing Rights. Rather, the shift out of dollars …
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After more than six years of ultra-low interest rates, a Fed liftoff (rate hike) is just a matter of time. This paper goes back to history to understand the spillover effect - or what is termed in the paper as the 'liftoff' effect - of the previous five Fed liftoffs on capital flows. Using a...
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The Cuban revolution and the subsequent US embargo on Cuba helped shape the tourism sector in the Caribbean, facilitating the birth and growth of alternative destinations. Therefore, the apprehension of the Caribbean tourism industry towards a change in US travel policy to Cuba is...
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Global excess liquidity is sometimes believed to limit sovereign monetary policy even in large economies, including the euro area. There is much discussion about what constitutes global excess liquidity and our approach adjusts liquidity for longer-term interest rate and output effects. We find...
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This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...
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involved. For example, the model shows that in response to a dollar appreciation triggered by a US interest rate increase …
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We isolate a U.S. dollar currency premium by comparing corporate bonds issued in the dollar and the euro by firms o … in the dollar. First, while the dollar dominates global debt issuance, borrowing costs in the dollar are more expensive … observe a dollar safety premium in relative hedged borrowing costs, found in the subset of bonds with high credit ratings and …
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This paper discusses migration and remittances trends, and calculates the natural (or benchmark) level of dollarization in Caucasus, Central Asia and others in the region. This natural level of dollarization is conceptually linked to the currency allocation in a portfolio of deposits to maximize...
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the dollar with economically large magnitude, high statistical significance, and large explanatory power, both in sample …
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