This paper treats capital flows as risky growth opportunities for both investing and host countries in a standard mean-variance model. Differing optimal tradeoffs between growth and volatility on both sides of capital flows are examined on the basis of their different attitudes toward...

This paper analyzes differing optimal tradeoffs between growth and volatility by both sides of capital flows on the basis of their different considerations of capital market openness and different levels of financial sector development. Since growth and volatility are negatively correlated,...