Robert Triffin (1911-1993) was one of the main protagonists in the international monetary debates in the postwar period. He became famous with his book Gold and the Dollar Crisis, published in 1960, in which he predicted the end of the Bretton Woods system. In his analysis there, Triffin was...

Robert Triffin (1911-1993) was one of the main protagonists in the international monetary debates in the postwar period. He became famous with his book Gold and the Dollar Crisis, published in 1960, in which he predicted the end of the Bretton Woods system. In his analysis there, Triffin was...

This study investigates the temporal variation in the safe haven status of the Japanese yen, Swiss franc, and U.S. dollar. Investors prefer to purchase a safe haven currency (SHC) in times of high exchange rate volatility, parametrized herein with time-variant degrees of risk aversion. Until the...