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Using a panel data set covering the period 1970-2004 and 96 countries, we provide empirical evidence that the composition of foreign capital, measured by the ratio FDI over total liabilities, has a positive effect on growth, directly and through convergence. Developing countries benefit...
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process of financial globalization. Our central findings indicate that policies promoting financial sector development …, institutional quality, and trade openness appear to help developing countries derive the benefits of globalization. Similarly, sound … unavoidable inherent tensions in evaluating the risks and benefits associated with financial globalization. In the light of these …
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This paper provides evidence for a significant relation between international financial markets’ integration and output volatility. In the framework of a threshold model, it is shown empirically that this relation depends on country’s financial risk. Financial risk indicates a country’s...
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This paper provides evidence for a significant relation between international financial markets' integration and output volatility. In the framework of a threshold model, it is shown empirically that this relation depends on country's financial risk. Financial risk indicates a country's ability...
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This paper provides evidence for a significant relation between international financial markets integration and output volatility. In the framework of a threshold model, it is empirically shown that this relation depends on the financial risk of a country. Financial risk is defined as the...
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This paper discusses the experience of the EU`s eight new member countries (EU8) between 1995 and 2003 when the bulk of capital account liberalization took place, focusing on interest-rate-sensitive portfolio flows and financial flows. It takes stock of the lessons from capital flow patterns to...
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This paper is the first to provide firm-level evidence of the effect of capital account liberalization on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) growth. We find that a one standard deviation increase in capital account liberalization is significantly associated with 0.16 to 0.17 standard...
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The objective of this study is to rule on the correlation between liberalization of the capital account and economic growth. We were in particular interested in the channels of foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Our empirical study was carried out on a sample of 100 developed...
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