Author: Jeffrey A. FrankelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital movements
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
International Capital Mobility in Developing Countries Vs. Industrial Countries
Author: Jeffrey A. FrankelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital movements
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Capital Mobility in Developing Countries
Author: Peter MontielPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Long-Term International Capital Movements and Technology
Author: Mr.Harm ZebregsPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451854889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
This paper reviews the theoretical literature on the question of how long-term international capital movements depend on the international distribution of technology. It focuses on long-term investment flows, as these are more affected by international differences in technologies than short-term financial flows. International capital movements are investigated in the context of various technology specifications, ranging from models with only one common technology to those with multiple and endogenous technologies. The paper demonstrates that the theoretical specification of technology is crucial to the prediction of the size and direction of international capital movements.
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES VS. INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES: WHAT DO SAVING-INVESTMENT CORRELATIONS TELLS US?
Author: Jeffrey A. FRANKELInternational Capital Mobility in Developing Countries Vs. Industrial Countries
Author: International Capital Mobility in Developing Countries Vs. Industrial Countries
Author: Donald MathiesonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The finding of Feldstein and Horioka (1980) that countriesf investment rates are highly correlated with their national saving rates has by now been confirmed by many subsequent studies, even though their inference that international capital mobility nust be low has not been as widely accepted. This paper examines the statistical relationship between national saving and investment in a sample that includes not only 14 industrialized countries, but also 50 developing countries. The paper addresses some of the econometric critiques that have been aimed at the Feldstein-Horioka work. Contrary to what one would expect from consideration of capital mobility, the coefficient appears higher for industrialized countries than for developing countries, and higher after 1973 than before. Our interpretation of the saving-investment evidence is that the hypothesis of a high degree of substitutability for claims on physical capital located in different countries is not supported by the data. International substitutability for financial capital may be nigh, but this is a separate condition (which is properly tested by looking directly at rates of return). High international substitutability for bonds would imply high international substitutability for physical capital if capital were perfectly substitutable for bonds within each country, but there is no reason for this to hold, any more than there is for all goods to be perfect substitutes
Capital Mobility in Developing Countries
Author: Peter J. MontielPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital movements
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
It is rare for developing countries to be strongly integrated with financial markets, but most developing countries must be regarded as financially open, according to new estimates.
Capital Mobility in Developing Countries
Author: International Monetary FundPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451941315
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The degree of capital mobility in developing economies is seldom estimated, even though it is widely recognized to be an important element in determining the effects of stabilization policies. Instead, an economy is assumed to be open or closed mainly on grounds of analytical convenience. This paper develops a simple approach to modelling and measuring the degree of financial openness which is applicable to developing economies. Empirical estimation using data from a large number of developing countries suggests that the effective degree of capital mobility in such economies may be higher than is commonly assumed.
International Capital Mobility in Developing Countries Versus Industrial Countries : what Do Saving-investment Correlations Tell Us?
Author: Jeffrey A. FrankelInternational Capital Flows
Author: Martin FeldsteinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226241807
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Recent changes in technology, along with the opening up of many regions previously closed to investment, have led to explosive growth in the international movement of capital. Flows from foreign direct investment and debt and equity financing can bring countries substantial gains by augmenting local savings and by improving technology and incentives. Investing companies acquire market access, lower cost inputs, and opportunities for profitable introductions of production methods in the countries where they invest. But, as was underscored recently by the economic and financial crises in several Asian countries, capital flows can also bring risks. Although there is no simple explanation of the currency crisis in Asia, it is clear that fixed exchange rates and chronic deficits increased the likelihood of a breakdown. Similarly, during the 1970s, the United States and other industrial countries loaned OPEC surpluses to borrowers in Latin America. But when the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates to control soaring inflation, the result was a widespread debt moratorium in Latin America as many countries throughout the region struggled to pay the high interest on their foreign loans. International Capital Flows contains recent work by eminent scholars and practitioners on the experience of capital flows to Latin America, Asia, and eastern Europe. These papers discuss the role of banks, equity markets, and foreign direct investment in international capital flows, and the risks that investors and others face with these transactions. By focusing on capital flows' productivity and determinants, and the policy issues they raise, this collection is a valuable resource for economists, policymakers, and financial market participants.