and the volatility of the main capital flows - foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

section estimates show that short- and long-term assets are highly correlated with foreign trade links but not necessarily … with variables capturing regulatory restrictions. Trade activities are more important in explaining claims on banks versus …

present new empirical evidence on the extensive and intensive margin of exports and FDI based on detailed micro-level data of …

model of multinational firms facing real and financial barriers to foreign direct investment (FDI), and we analyze their … impact on the FDI decision (the extensive margin) and foreign affiliate sales (the intensive margin). We provide empirical …