Trade finance and international currency

The determinants of international currency received a lot of academic attention since great recession, especially given China's intention to internationalize RMB. Recent empirical studies in history and international economics confi�rmed the importance of �nancial market development in this process. To provide micro-foundation for such observation, I built a two-country monetary search model with �nancial friction. Trade takes a long time, and the lack of trust makes importer and exporter rely on bank-intermediated �nance. The choice of international currency is related with terms of trade, monetary policy, and �nancial market development. The eff�ect of monetary policy on international trade di�ffers according to currency regime. Related topic such as size eff�ect and capital account liberalization is also discussed