Changing Times for Frontier Markets : A Perspective from Portfolio Investment Flows and Financial Integration /

This paper investigates to what extent low-income developing countries (LIDCs) characterized as frontier markets (FMs) have begun to be subject to capital flows dynamics typically associated with emerging markets (EMs). Using a sample of developing countries covering the period 2000-14, we show that...

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Main Author: Abidi, Nordine
Other Authors: Hacibedel, Burcu, Nkusu, Mwanza
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/177
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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