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Internationalizing Like China

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  • Clayton, Christopher

    (Yale School of Management)

  • Dos Santos, Amanda

    (Columbia Business School;)

  • Maggiori, Matteo

    (Stanford University Graduate School of Business, NBER, and CEPR;)

  • Schreger, Jesse

    (Columbia Business School, NBER, and CEPR;)

Abstract

We empirically characterize how China is internationalizing the Renminbi by staggering the entry of different types of foreign investors into its domestic bond market and propose a dynamic reputation model to explain this strategy. Our framework rationalize China’s strategy as trying to build credibility as an international currency issuer while reducing the cost of capital flight. We provide a sufficient statistic to measure countries' reputation over time and show that it can be estimated using micro data on foreign investors' portfolios. We use our framework to explore how countries compete to become a reserve currency provider.
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  • Clayton, Christopher & Dos Santos, Amanda & Maggiori, Matteo & Schreger, Jesse, 2022. "Internationalizing Like China," Research Papers 4019, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:stabus:4019
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    1. Luca Fantacci & Lucio Gobbi & Dario Luciani, 2022. "Bene pubblico globale o arma finanziaria? L'egemonia del dollaro alla prova delle sanzioni (Global public good or financial weapon? Dollar hegemony to the test of sanctions)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 75(298), pages 123-147.
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    10. Colin Weiss, 2022. "Geopolitics and the U.S. Dollar's Future as a Reserve Currency," International Finance Discussion Papers 1359, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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    JEL classification:

    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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