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The Substitution Account as a First Step Toward Reform of the International Monetary System

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  • Peter B. Kenen

    (Princeton University)

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The creation of a substitution account might be costly to the United States, but the cost could be greatly reduced by adopting a cost-sharing regime or assessing an annual fee on depositors. The United States also must consider the effect of reserve currency diversification by central banks that now hold larger dollar reserves than they need to cope with balance-of-payment problems. Large-scale diversification could cause extremely disorderly depreciation of the dollar. To avoid this, Kenen recommends revisiting the potential costs and benefits of a substitution account lodged in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which could act as a barrier against further development of a multi-currency reserve system.

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  • Peter B. Kenen, 2010. "The Substitution Account as a First Step Toward Reform of the International Monetary System," Policy Briefs PB10-6, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:iie:pbrief:pb10-6
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    1. Jeanne, Olivier, 2012. "The dollar and its discontents," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 31(8), pages 1976-1989.
    2. Barry Eichengreen & Guangtao Xia, 2019. "China and the SDR: Financial Liberalization through the Back Door," Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(03), pages 1-36, September.
    3. Kenen, Peter B., 2013. "Reprint of: Beyond the dollar," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 440-448.
    4. Peter B., Kenen, 2011. "Beyond the dollar," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 33(5), pages 750-758, September.
    5. Guido Montani, 2011. "Money and Finance as Global Public Goods," SAGE Open, , vol. 1(3), pages 21582440114, October.

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