Are Capital Inflows Expansionary or Contractionary? : Theory, Policy Implications, and Some Evidence /

The workhorse open-economy macro model suggests that capital inflows are contractionary because they appreciate the currency and reduce net exports. Emerging market policy makers however believe that inflows lead to credit booms and rising output, and the evidence appears to go their way. To reconci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blanchard, Olivier
Other Authors: Chamon, Marcos, Ghosh, Atish, Ostry, Jonathan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/226
Online Access:Full text available on IMF

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