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world have contracted to a significant extent. This paper analyzes the factors underlying this process of external …
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Building on the vast literature, this paper focuses on the role of the structure of the international investment position (IIP) in affecting countries' external vulnerabilities. Using a sample of 73 advanced and emerging economies and new database on the IIP's currency composition, we find that...
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We analyse euro area investors' portfolio rebalancing during the ECB's Asset Purchase Programme at the security level. Our empirical analysis shows that euro area investors (in particular investment funds and households) actively rebalanced away from securities targeted under the Public Sector...
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This paper focuses on the coordination problem among borrowing countries imposing controls on capital infl ows. In a simple model of capital flows and controls, we show that inflow restrictions distort international capital flows to other countries and that, in turn, such capital flow deflection...
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with respect to volatility, persistence, cross-country comovement, and correlation with growth at home or in the world …
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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between financial openness and total factor productivity (TFP) growth using an extensive dataset that includes various measures of productivity and financial openness for a large sample of countries. We find that de jure capital...
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This paper examines whether capital outflows may have contributed to output declines during the Asian Crisis by reducing the financing available for domestic investment. Panel data regressions suggest a positive, short-term relationship between net capital inflows and investment during the...
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The financial crisis, originated from the collapse of US housing markets in 2008, reverberates around the world. Its …
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The Mexican, Asian, and Russian crises of the mid- and late 1990s have renewed interest among policymakers in the determinants and effects of private capital inflows. This paper analyzes whether policies can affect the composition of capital inflows and whether different compositions aggravate...
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We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in … Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results … point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered …
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