Hiro Ito

Portland State University - Department of Economics

Assistant Professor

Portland, OR 97207-0751

United States

www.econ.pdx.edu

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Capital Account Liberalization, Institutions and Financial Development: Cross Country Evidence

UC Santa Cruz Center for International Economics Working Paper No. 02-11
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Aug 2002
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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financial development, capital controls, financial liberalization, legal institutions

Capital Account Liberalization, Institutions and Financial Development: Cross Country Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w8967
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 May 2002 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The 'Impossible Trinity' Hypothesis in an Era of Global Imbalances: Measurement and Testing

La Follette School of Public Affairs Working Paper Series No. 2012-007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Jun 2012
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Impossible trinity, international reserves, financial liberalization, exchange rate regime

What Matters for Financial Development? Capital Controls, Institutions, and Interactions

UC Santa Cruz SCCIE Working Paper No. 05-03
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Mar 2005
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Financial development, capital controls, financial liberalization, legal institutions, sequence of liberalization

What Matters for Financial Development? Capital Controls, Institutions, and Interactions

NBER Working Paper No. w11370
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Determinants of the Trilemma Policy Combination

ADBI Working Paper No. 456
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Hiro Ito and Masahiro Kawai
Portland State University - Department of Economics and Asian Development Bank Institute
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trilemma hypothesis, macroeconomic policy, exchange rate stability, financial market openness, monetary policy independence, financial crisis, policy combination

The Effectiveness of Macroprudential Policies and Capital Controls Against Volatile Capital Inflows

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 686
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jun 2020
Bank for International Settlements, Portland State University - Department of Economics and De Nederlandsche Bank
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capital account openness, capital flows, capital controls, macroprudential policy banking crises; currency crises

The Effectiveness of Macroprudential Policies and Capital Controls Against Volatile Capital Inflows

BIS Working Paper No. 867
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Bank for International Settlements, Portland State University - Department of Economics and De Nederlandsche Bank
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capital account openness, capital flows, capital controls, macroprudential policy, banking crises, currency crises

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The Financial Crisis, Rethinking of the Global Financial Architecture, and the Trilemma

ADBI Working Paper No. 213
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Apr 2010
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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trilemma policy, capital outflows, investment channel, Asia

Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma

La Follette School Working Paper No. 2010-009
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Mar 2010
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Impossible trinity, international reserves, financial liberalization, exchange rate, FDI flows

Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 180
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 May 2010
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Impossible trinity, international reserves, financial liberalization, exchange rate, FDI flows

Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma

NBER Working Paper No. w15876
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Current Account Balances, Financial Development and Institutions: Assaying the World 'Savings Glut'

La Follette School Working Paper No. 2005-023
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Nov 2005
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Current account, net foreign assets, savings glut, investment drought, panel regressions, capital controls, institutional development

Current Account Balances, Financial Development and Institutions: Assaying the World "Savings Glut"

NBER Working Paper No. w11761
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The Rise of the 'Redback' and the People's Republic of China's Capital Account Liberalization: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Invoicing Currencies

ADBI Working Paper 473
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Apr 2014
Hiro Ito and Menzie David Chinn
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics
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RMB internationalization, capital account liberalization, US dollar, export invoicing, currency invoicing, settlement currency

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Is Financial Openness a Bad Thing? An Analysis on the Correlation between Financial Liberalization and the Output Performance of Crisis-Hit Economies

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 04-23
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Nov 2004
Hiro Ito
Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Currency crisis, banking crisis, capital controls, financial liberalization

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A Forensic Analysis of Global Imbalances

La Follette School of Public Affairs Working Paper No. 2011-007
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Mar 2011
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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A Forensic Analysis of Global Imbalances

NBER Working Paper No. w17513
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Was Japan's Real Interest Rate Really Too High During the 1990s? The Role of the Zero Interest Rate Bound and Other Factors

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 03-21
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Apr 2004
Hiro Ito
Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Regime switching, real interest rates, nonlinear time series, monetary policy, zero interest rate policy, deflation, Japan, liquidity trap, state-space models

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A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis of International Reserves

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2654
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 May 2009
Yin-Wong Cheung and Hiro Ito
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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developed vs developing economies, excess hoarding, macro determinants, financial factors, institutional variables

The Dollar versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies

HKS Working Paper No. RWP24-005
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Mar 2024
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The Dollar Versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 May 2024
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, Harvard University and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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dollar, euro, international currencies, reserve currencies, network externalities, foreign exchange turnover

The Dollar Versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies

NBER Working Paper No. w32387
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Apr 2024
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves

BIS Working Paper No. 828
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Dec 2019
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Oxford Centre for Global HistoryBoston University, Global Development Policy Center
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foreign exchange reserves, international currency; key currency; currency zones; invoicing of trade, currency of international debt, foreign exchange reserve management

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A Key Currency View of Global Imbalances

BIS Working Paper No. 762
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Oxford Centre for Global HistoryBoston University, Global Development Policy Center
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global imbalances, current accounts, currency zones, international investment positions

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The Persistence of Current Account Balances and its Determinants: The Implications for Global Rebalancing

ADBI Working Paper No. 400
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Dec 2012
Erica Clower and Hiro Ito
Asian Development Bank Institute and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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current account, financial liberalization, global imbalances, capital controls

Trilemma Policy Convergence Patterns and Output Volatility

NBER Working Paper No. w17806
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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New Measures of the Trilemma Hypothesis: Implications for Asia

ADBI Working Paper 381
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Sep 2012
Hiro Ito and Masahiro Kawai
Portland State University - Department of Economics and Asian Development Bank Institute
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trilemma hypothesis, trilemma triangle, exchange rate stability, monetary policy independence, financial market openness, Asia

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What Makes Developing Asia Resilient in a Financially Globalized World?

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 181
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Jun 2010
Portland State University - Department of Economics, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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Financial Globalization, Financial Development, Output Volatility, Trilemma

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Effects of Financial Market Imperfections on Indian Firms’ Exporting Behavior

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 256
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Jul 2011
Hiro Ito and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara
Portland State University - Department of Economics and Asian Development Bank
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India, firm-level analysis, hysteresis hypothesis, financial constraint, market imperfection, Economics Working Paper No. 256

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Assessing the Emerging Global Financial Architecture: Measuring the Trilemma's Configurations Over Time

NBER Working Paper No. w14533
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 10 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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International Reserves Before and After the Global Crisis: Is There No End to Hoarding?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5237
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Mar 2015
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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global financial crisis, gross saving, swap agreements, macro-prudential policies, sovereign wealth funds

International Reserves Before and after the Global Crisis: Is There No End to Hoarding?

NBER Working Paper No. w20386
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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East Asia and Global Imbalances: Saving, Investment, and Financial Development

NBER Working Paper No. w13364
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2022
Hiro Ito and Menzie David Chinn
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics
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The People's Republic of China and Global Imbalances from a View of Sectorial Reforms

ADBI Working Paper No. 393
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Nov 2012
Hiro Ito and Ulrich Volz
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Economics
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global imbalances, PRC, current account balance, budget deficit, financial liberalization, social sector reform

U.S. Macro Policies and Global Economic Challenges

East Asian Economic Review Vol. 24, No. 4 (December 2020) 469-495 , https://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.EAER.2020.24.4.388
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Jan 2021
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Debt Overhang, Emerging Markets, Macro Policies, Secular Stagnation, Global Currencies, Global Stability

U.S. Macro Policies and Global Economic Challenges

NBER Working Paper No. w28232
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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A Disaster Under-(Re)Insurance Puzzle: Home Bias in Disaster Risk-Bearing

BIS Working Paper No. 808
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Sep 2019
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Oxford Centre for Global HistoryBoston University, Global Development Policy Center
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international risk-sharing, earthquake insurance, reinsurance

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Central Bank Swap Arrangements in the Covid-19 Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w28585
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, Portland State University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund
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Monetary Policy Spillovers and the Trilemma in the New Normal: Periphery Country Sensitivity to Core Country Conditions

NBER Working Paper No. w21128
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 May 2015 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The Political-Economy Trilemma

NBER Working Paper No. w26905
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Post Covid-19 Exit Strategies and Emerging Markets Economic Challenges

NBER Working Paper No. w27966
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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East Asian Economies and Financial Globalization in the Post-Crisis World

NBER Working Paper No. w22268
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 May 2016 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Dollar Dominance in Cross-Border Loans and its Response to Uncertainties

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Mar 2024
Hiro Ito and Ying Xu
Portland State University - Department of Economics and The Australian National University
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Dollar dominance, globalization, financial spillover, cross-border loans, currency composition.

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The Interest Rate Effect on Private Saving: Alternative Perspectives

NBER Working Paper No. w22872
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The More Divergent, the Better? Lessons on Trilemma Policies and Crises for Asia

Asian Development Review 31:2
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Apr 2016
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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impossible trinity, international reserves, financial liberalization, financial crisis, exchange rate regime

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Balance Sheet Effects on Monetary and Financial Spillovers: The East Asian Crisis Plus 20

NBER Working Paper No. w22737
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Financial Spillovers and Macroprudential Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w24105
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 14 May 2023
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Living with the Trilemma Constraint: Relative Trilemma Policy Divergence, Crises, and Output Losses for Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w19448
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Joshua Aizenman and Hiro Ito
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Do Central Banks Rebalance Their Currency Shares?

NBER Working Paper No. w29190
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Oxford Centre for Global HistoryBoston University, Global Development Policy Center
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Macroeconomic Policy Impacts Under Alternative Trilemma Regimes

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Jul 2024
Hiro Ito and Masahiro Kawai
Portland State University - Department of Economics and University of Tokyo
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Trilemma in international finance, exchange rate stability, financial market openness, monetary policy independence, trilemma regime, monetary and fiscal policy effectiveness

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A Requiem for “Blame it on Beijing”: Interpreting Rotating Global Current Account Surpluses

NBER Working Paper No. w26226
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2023
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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The Impacts of Crises on the Trilemma Configurations

NBER Working Paper No. w30406
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Measuring Financial Integration: More Data, More Countries, More Expectations

NBER Working Paper No. w31505
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Jul 2023
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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Current Account Dynamics and the Saving-Investment Nexus in a Changing and Uncertain World

NBER Working Paper No. w33106
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Menzie David Chinn and Hiro Ito
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics and Portland State University - Department of Economics
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How Do the Asian Economies Compete with Japan in the US Market? Is China Exceptional? A Triangular Trade Approach

Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 285-307, 2006
Posted: 18 Apr 2011
Shiga University - EconomicsKyushu Sangyo University and Portland State University - Department of Economics

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China, Japanese FDI, Export-Platform FDI, Triangular Trade Approach