Transactions Costs and Vehicle Currencies
32 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: November 21, 1989
Abstract
Using a simple model of transactions costs in the interbank foreign exchange market and a model of vehicle currency use, the interaction between transactions costs and vehicle currency use is explored. The impact of volume on bid-ask spreads is estimated from cross-section time series data on seven currencies. Data on transactions costs and the currency denomination of trade and capital flows is used to estimate changes in the attractiveness of using the U.S. dollar as a vehicle between 1980 and 1987. The data suggest a modest reduction in the attractiveness of the dollar as a vehicle.
JEL Classification: 430
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