Kraay, Aart; Loayza, Norman; Servén, Luis; Ventura, Jaume - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
How do countries hold their financial wealth? We construct a new database of countries' claims on capital located at home and abroad, and international borrowing and lending, covering 68 countries from 1966-97. We find that a small amount of capital flows from rich countries to poor countries....