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Does reserve accumulation lead to higher currency-risk taking in the corporate sector? Firm-level evidence for Latin America

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I explore an empirically robust but previously undocumented association between the foreign exchange re- serves accumulated by central banks of emerging market economies and dollar-denominated debt held in the balance sheets of non financial sector firms. Borrowing in dollars can have damaging e

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  • Sengupta, Rajeswari, 2010. "Does reserve accumulation lead to higher currency-risk taking in the corporate sector? Firm-level evidence for Latin America," MPRA Paper 38888, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    4. Herman Kamil, 2012. "How Do Exchange Rate Regimes Affect Firms' Incentives to Hedge Currency Risk? Micro Evidence for Latin America," IMF Working Papers 2012/069, International Monetary Fund.

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    Keywords

    Foreign exchange reserves; foreign currency denominated debt; corporate risk-taking; currency depreciation;
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    JEL classification:

    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance

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