Will History Repeat Itself? Lessons for the Yuan

Benjamin J. Cohen
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Benjamin J. Cohen: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 453, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: For many observers, internationalization is the yuan’s manifest destiny and a by-product of the remarkable economic success of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). But is such confidence warranted? Recent history has seen the emergence of other currencies that were also expected, at least for a while, to attain wide, growing cross-border use. These included the deutsche mark (DM), the Japanese yen, and the euro (successor to the DM). Yet in the end, their internationalization reached an upper limit, short of expectations. Will history repeat itself? Or will the yuan prove exceptional, as the currency that finally managed to keep ascending where others faltered? The aim of this paper is to see what lessons may be drawn from these earlier experiences for the anticipated internationalization of the yuan.

Keywords: yuan; deutsche mark; japanese yen; euro; internationalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F31 F33 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2014-01-17
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