The Role of Institutions: A Cross-country Analysis of Renminbi Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets

Main author: Zucker-Marques, Marina
Other authors: Perfeito da Silva, Pedro
Format: Journal Article           
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institution SOAS, University of London
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description We explore how China's geographically targeted policies impact RMB overseas use individually or in combination. The policies include swap agreements, clearing banks, investment quotas, and direct trading between Chinese renminbi (RMB) and non-USD currencies. Adopting a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and using Bank of International Settlements cross-country data on foreign exchange markets, we find that institution building has lowered the barriers to international adoption of the RMB. Specifically, for countries economically close to China, high RMB trading is explained by either (i) having a clearing bank in the host market and direct quotations between the RMB and the local currency, or (ii) being a financial center and having access to the Chinese capital market. This combination of policies is explained by the creation of (i) “trading posts” that provide RMB liquidity abroad, and (ii) channels that allow actors to “recycle” offshore RMB funds. We triangulate our results with interviews conducted with senior People's Bank of China officials
format Journal Article
author Zucker-Marques, Marina
author_facet Zucker-Marques, Marina
Perfeito da Silva, Pedro
authorStr Zucker-Marques, Marina
author_letter Zucker-Marques, Marina
author2 Perfeito da Silva, Pedro
author2Str Perfeito da Silva, Pedro
title The Role of Institutions: A Cross-country Analysis of Renminbi Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2022
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39514/