Capital Flows are Fickle : Anytime, Anywhere /

Has the unprecedented financial globalization of recent years changed the behavior of capital flows across countries? Using a newly constructed database of gross and net capital flows since 1980 for a sample of nearly 150 countries, this paper finds that private capital flows are typically volatile...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bluedorn, John
Other Authors: Duttagupta, Rupa, Guajardo, Jaime, Topalova, Petia
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/183
Online Access:Full text available on IMF