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International financial integration : too much?
Taşdemir, Fatma - In: Borsa Istanbul Review 23 (2023) 2, pp. 402-411
According to theory, financial openness (FO) increases growth. The literature often conditions the growth effect of FO on favorable collateral environment. However, this can conceal the actual growth benefits of FO. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating the unconditional...
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Chapter 9. Assessing International Efficiency
Heathcote, Jonathan; Perri, Fabrizio - In: Handbook of international economics : Volume 4, (pp. 523-584). 2014
This chapter is structured in three parts. The first part outlines the methodological steps, involving both theoretical and empirical work, for assessing whether an observed allocation of resources across countries is efficient. The second part applies the methodology to the long-run allocation...
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Financial crises and national policy issues: An overview
Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo - 2002
In this overview we try to explain, first, why funds continued to flow towards emerging economies while fundamentals in host countries had been deteriorating before the Asian crisis (rising external deficit, with a significant liquid component appreciating exchange rates; low capital formation,...
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Economic growth, financial development, and income inequality
Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2015
The central objective of our paper is to empirically examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. Theoretically, there are grounds for both a positive and negative relationship between the two variables. Our main finding is that financial development contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305273
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The volatility curse : revisiting the paradox of plenty
Ploeg, Frederick van der; Poelhekke, Steven - 2009
The volatility of unanticipated output growth in income per capita is detrimental to long-run development, controlling …. This effect is significant and robust over a wide range of specifications. We unravel the effects of volatility by opening … dependence, physical and institutional barriers to trade and associated policy shocks increase volatility sharply and harm growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832092
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The Volatility Curse : Revisiting the Paradox of Plenty
van der Ploeg, Rick - 2013
The volatility of unanticipated output growth in income per capita is detrimental to long-run development, controlling …. This effect is significant and robust over a wide range of specifications. We unravel the effects of volatility by opening … dependence, physical and institutional barriers to trade and associated policy shocks increase volatility sharply and harm growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753136
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Trade, FDI, and Global Imbalances
Li, Wei - 2020
We propose a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model to quantify the implications of trade and FDI liberalizations for the surge of global trade and current account (CA) imbalances. We calibrate our model to replicate the evolution of bilateral trade and FDI flows across 5 major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840844
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Surfing the waves of globalization : Asia and financial globalization in the context of the trilemma
Aizenman, Joshua; Chinn, Menzie David; Itō, Hiro - 2011
choices matter for output volatility and the medium-term level of inflation. Greater monetary independence is associated with … lower output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility, which can be mitigated if a … inflation rate. We find that trilemma policy configurations affect output volatility through the investment or trade channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009158763
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Surfing the Waves of Globalization : Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma
Aizenman, Joshua; Chinn, Menzie David; Ito, Hiro - 2010
the three policy choices matter for output volatility and the medium-term level of inflation. Greater monetary … independence is associated with lower output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility … external finances affect output volatility through the investment or trade channel depending on the openness of the economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045505
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Surfing the Waves of Globalization : Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma
Aizenman, Joshua - 2010
policy choices do not matter for per capita economic growth. However, they do matter for output volatility and the medium …-term level of inflation. Greater monetary independence is associated with lower output volatility while greater exchange rate … stability implies greater output volatility, which can be mitigated if a country holds international reserves (IR) at a higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142882