This paper examines the factors, external and internal, determining the input and output flows of foreign portfolio investment in Mexico during the period 1995:01-2005:01. To do this, the dynamics of interest rates and the stock market returns in Mexico and the United States, as well as the...

The change in the business model of venture capitalists from investing locally towards investing across borders started to intensify in the late 1990s. According to a dataset of European and North-American countries, we find that countries with higher expected growth and higher lagged stock...

While capital flows to emerging markets bring numerous benefits, they are also known to create macroeconomic imbalances (economic overheating, currency overvaluation) and increase financial vulnerabilities (domestic credit growth, bank leverage, foreign currency-denominated lending). But are all...

This paper applies a probit estimation to assess the relationship between economic takeoffs during 1950- 2000 and inflows of portfolio debt, portfolio equity, and FDI, controlling for country's stock of short-term external debt and commodity terms of trade. Average level of FDI inflows is...

This paper applies a probit estimation to assess the relationship between economic takeoffs during 1950-2000 and inflows of portfolio debt, portfolio equity, and FDI, controlling for country's stock of short-term external debt and commodity terms of trade. Average level of FDI inflows is...

This paper documents and analyzes the rise of emerging East Asian economies as major international investors. Foreign direct investment (FDI) from these economies is rising faster than their economic growth, trade, and inward FDI, and the region is by far the most important investor from the...

The aim of this study is to examine the causal relationship between foreign portfolio inflows (FPI) and economic growth of ASEAN5. We have used the data of FPI, GDP and FDI from 2001 to 2013 to determine the impact of FPI on the economy. The results of Granger causality and M-Wald test reveal...

The objective of this paper is to examine the causal relationship of foreign portfolio inflows and economic growth for two Asian economies, i.e. China and India. We have used Granger causality test for both countries' data ranging from 2001 to 2013 and concur with the findings of Durham (2003)...

This study investigates the linkage between portfolio investment and economic growth in 18 developed and 27 developing countries. Furthermore, it compares and analyzes interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing assets and the economic development level. The results of our analysis show that...

Generally, it is not possible for a developing country like India to grow without sufficient import of capital because of the gaps exist in domestic savings and capital requirements. During the initial stages of development, domestic savings are normally not adequate to finance the development...