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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Jul 23

Deeply honored to see "External Finance Premium: Market Finance versus Bank Finance" included at the ECB Forum in Sintra, as well as at the NBER Summer Institute, CEPR- ESSIM, WEAI and the BSE Summer Forum.

The latest draft can be found on the NBER website: www.nber.org/conferences/...

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Jul 15

An immense pleasure to participate at the NBER Summer Institute 2025. Thank you to Janice Eberly and Deborah Lucas for including "External Finance Premium: Market Finance versus Bank Finance" in the SI 2025 Capital Markets and the Economy: www.nber.org/conferences/...
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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Jul 1

Truly thrilled to see the joint work with Refet Gürkaynak and Sofia Gori presented by Refet in his intervention at the #ECBForum in Sintra in the first panel on cross-country heterogeneity!

In case you missed the live stream, you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/G2qv5ht...

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is Europe’s global euro moment: www.ft.com/content/4d5d...

"Mars or Mercury? The geopolitics of international currency choice" co-authored with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl cited in today's FT Opinion by ECB President Lagarde.

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Jun 15

Extremely aufgeregt to see F.A.Z. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung article discussing “Mars or Mercury? The geopolitics of international currency choice”, paper co-authored with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Dataset available on: globalcurrenciesdatabase.com
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Home - Global Currencies Database

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · May 26

Immensely honoured to see ECB President Lagarde Speech "A Global Euro Moment" citing several of my co-authored publications on international currencies:
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...

All datasets used in the cited publications are made available on www.globalcurrenciesdatabase.com

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Earning influence: lessons from the history of international currencies

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...

www.ecb.europa.eu

Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · May 20

Please check the "Latest news" tab just added to our Global Currencies Database website to find out about the latest datasets added to the website or latest news, talks, presentations or articles featuring our work!
globalcurrenciesdatabase.com/latest-news/
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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Apr 18

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Apr 18

Barry Eichengreen's conclusions from 2018 are more timely than ever. Countries that rely on the #US for their security are more likely to hold $ reserves, & a scenario where the US withdraws would mean a reduction in the share of $ in the reserves of those states.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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A 2018 Vox column examined the geopolitical premium enjoyed by the US thanks to its security alliances and ‘dollar diplomacy’. This column, written by one of the original authors, suggests that in light of recent moves by the Trump administration, it is timely to recall the earlier conclusions that countries that rely on the US for their security umbrella are disproportionately inclined to hold dollar reserves, and a scenario where the US withdraws from the global stage would result in a signifiant reduction in the share of the dollar in the reserves of US-dependent states.

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b-eichengreen.bsky.social @b-eichengreen.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · Apr 10

If Donald Trump wants to preserve the dollar's international role, the history of pound sterling suggests he should be promoting financial stability, limiting the use of tariffs, and strengthening US geopolitical alliances, observes @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's @b-eichengreen.bsky.social .

Sterling’s Past and the Dollar’s Future | by Barry Eichengreen - Project Syndicate

Barry Eichengreen applies three lessons from prewar Britain that the Trump administration appears determined to ignore.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Apr 1

The Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d
Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple and unique datasets on the history of the international monetary system.
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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d
Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple datasets on the history of the international monetary system.

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thank you @intmon.bsky.social!
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International and Monetary Economics Network @intmon.bsky.social · Mar 31

Wow, really cool!

The Global Currencies Database by Livia Chiṭu, Barry Eichengreen, and Arnaud Mehl

www.globalcurrenciesdatabase.com

These are the data behind the book How Global Currencies Work (Princeton University Press):
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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International and Monetary Economics Network @intmon.bsky.social · Mar 31

Wow, really cool!

The Global Currencies Database by Livia Chiṭu, Barry Eichengreen, and Arnaud Mehl

www.globalcurrenciesdatabase.com

These are the data behind the book How Global Currencies Work (Princeton University Press):
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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b-eichengreen.bsky.social @b-eichengreen.bsky.social · Mar 6

Smoot-Hawley, Trump's Tariffs, and the Dollar: www.economist.com/finance-and-...

It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most worrying

What are the lessons of the 1930s?

www.economist.com

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d
Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple datasets on the history of the international monetary system.

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b-eichengreen.bsky.social @b-eichengreen.bsky.social · Mar 31

1/ New resource: The Global Currencies Database

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Mar 2

Just check out this banger chart from the indispensable work by Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl and Livia Chitu.

Countries that rely on the US for military protection hold a much higher fraction of their foreign exchange reserves in U.S. dollars.

They show similar patterns for historical data.

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Livia Chitu @liviachitu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you, Sander!