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The Elusive Gains From International Financial Integration

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Standard theoretical arguments tell us that countries with relatively little capital benefit from financial integration as foreign capital flows in and speeds up the process of income convergence. We show in a calibrated neoclassical model that conventionally measured welfare gains from this...

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How Does Financial Globalization Affect Risk Sharing? Patterns and Channels

Terrones, Marco; Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut out of this benefit. The … why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization. In particular, our …

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Financial Globalization; A Reappraisal

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent … macroeconomic effects of financial globalization, in terms of both growth and volatility. Overall, our critical reading of the … financial globalization, but with many nuances. On the other hand, there is little systematic evidence to support widely cited …

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The Implications of Trade Barriers for Sectoral Diversification and Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Economies

Srour, Gabriel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper examines the implications of lower trade barriers for sectoral diversification and macroeconomic stability in developing economies with a large primary goods sector. It shows that lower trade barriers can have ambiguous effects on macroeconomic stability. It shows also that...

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Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries; Some Empirical Evidence

Kose, M. Ayhan; Rogoff, Kenneth; Prasad, Eswar; Wei, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

in affecting developing countriesâ€™ experiences with financial globalization. …

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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....

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Retarding Short-Term Capital Inflows Through withholding Tax

Zee, Howell H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper proposes a price-based measure to mitigate the destabilizing impact of the volatility of global capital movements on the domestic economy of a country pursuing sound economic policies. The measure is a withholding tax on all private capital inflows, with a credit and refund provision...

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Rethinking the Governance of the International Monetary Fund

Mirakhor, Abbas; Zaidi, Iqbal Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper attempts to set out the principal issues that need to be resolved in formulating a proposal for quotas and voice reform in the IMF that could command broad support. Following John Rawls, we argue that "justice is the first virtue of social institutions," and we use his theory of...

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Financial Integration in Asia; Recent Developments and Next Steps

Teo, Leslie; Cowen, David; Shah, Hemant; Salgado, Ranil; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This Working Paper brings together three papers prepared as background for discussions at the Second High-Level Conference on Asian Integration cohosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the IMF on May 25, 2006. The first documents recent trends in the intraregional flow of goods and...

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The External Wealth of Nations Mark II; Revised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970-2004

Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian-Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

We construct estimates of external assets and liabilities for 145 countries for the period 1970-2004. We describe our estimation methods and present key features of the data at the country and the global level. We focus on trends in net and gross external positions, and the composition of...

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