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Articles • Rev. Econ. Polit. 37 (2) • Apr-Jun 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572017v37n02a08 linkcopy

Open-access The special drawing right: a formal critic to the dollar dominance in the international monetary system 1

Direitos Especiais de Saque: uma crítica institucionalizada à supremacia do dólar no sistema monetário internacional

AuthorshipSCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

    ABSTRACT

    In the late-1960’s, international discussions over a possible reform of the international monetary system originated the Special Drawing Right (SDR). While they had been created initially to represent an additional asset to complement the existing reserves of U.S. dollars and gold, after the crisis of the Bretton Woods system the SDR was considered a possible substitute of the U.S. dollar. Relying on a consolidated literature, this article aims at demonstrating that the origins of the SDR were not the exclusive result of technical financial negotiations, but of the convergence of higher political interests against the United States and the dollar dominance.

    KEYWORDS: Special Drawing Right; international reserve asset; international monetary reform; dollar hegemony

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