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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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The North Atlantic financial crisis of 2008-2009 has spurred renewed interest in reforming the international monetary …. Since international monetary cooperation might be difficult, though desirable, central banks in major advanced economies …
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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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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 paper uses a unique database covering 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries between 2000 and 2007 to study the determinants of the allocation and composition of flows across countries, as well as channels through which private capital flows could affect growth. In our sample,...
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in affecting developing countries’ experiences with financial globalization. …
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This paper examines the interaction between capital flows and international reserve holdings in the context of … globalization, we also provide evidence that the sensitivity of reserves to net capital flows increased with globalization for …
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Has the unprecedented financial globalization of recent years changed the behavior of capital flows across countries …
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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245894
This paper takes stock of the evolution of the international monetary system over the last thousand years. Several … points stand out from the analysis. One is the reluctance of governments to embrace radical changes in international monetary … countries. Finally, recent developments represent a return to the more market-driven international monetary system that …
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