Calvo, Guillermo; Izquierdo, Alejandro; Loo-Kung, Rudy - In: Monetaria XXXV (2013) 1, pp. 1-35
This paper addresses the issue of the optimal stock of international reserves in terms of a statistical model in which reserves affect both the probability of a sudden stop –as well as associated output costs– by reducing the balance-sheet effects of liability dollarization. Observed...