http://www.VoxEU.org Recent Fabrizio Zilibotti articles on VoxEU.org en http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4985 Zheng Song, Kjetil Storesletten, Fabrizio Zilibotti, 2 May 2010

China has amassed $2.4 trillion of foreign reserves over the last two decades. This column argues that it is wrong, and even dangerous, to blame this on a manipulation of the exchange rate. Instead it proposes a structural theory emphasising that credit market imperfections require private firms to build up internal savings which have been channelled into foreign bonds.

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Rich-country governments and consumer groups pressure poor countries to discourage child labour through boycotts and international labour standards. Yet child labour continues unabated. This column suggests international activism may be partially to blame, because reducing the use of child labour in the formal sector decreases domestic pressures to prohibit it throughout the economy.

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