Insurance Underwriter or Financial Development Fund: What Role for Reserve Pooling in Latin America? / Barry Eichengreen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eichengreen, Barry.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w12451.

NBER working paper series no. w12451

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Insurance Underwriter or Financial Development Fund

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2006.

Summary:

The accumulation of international reserves by emerging markets raises the question of how to best utilize these funds. This paper explores two routes through which the pooling of reserves could enhance stability and welfare. First, the reserve pool could be used for emergency lending in response to sudden stops. Second, a portion of the reserve pool along with borrowed funds could be used to purchase contingent debt securities issued by governments and corporations, helping to solve the first-mover problem that limits the liquidity of markets in these instruments and hinders their acceptance by private investors. This paper argues that the second option is more likely to be feasible and productive.

Notes:

Print version record

August 2006.