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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788403503321

Autore

Lane Philip

Titolo

The External Wealth of Nations Mark II : : Revised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970–2004 / / Philip Lane, Gian Milesi-Ferretti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-5183-2

1-4527-3905-6

1-283-51752-3

9786613829979

1-4519-0865-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (50 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Milesi-FerrettiGian

Soggetti

Balance of trade

Debts, External

Foreign exchange

Exports and Imports

Finance: General

Investments: Stocks

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

International economics

Investment & securities

Finance

Foreign assets

Stocks

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Current account

External position

Investments, Foreign

Financial services industry



Balance of payments

International finance

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODOLOGY""; ""III. THE DATASET: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW""; ""IV. SELECTED EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""V. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""Appendix""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

We construct estimates of external assets and liabilities for 145 countries for the period 1970-2004. We describe our estimation methods and present key features of the data at the country and the global level. We focus on trends in net and gross external positions, and the composition of international portfolios, distinguishing between foreign direct investment, portfolio equity investment, official reserves, and external debt. We document the increasing importance of equity financing and the improvement in the external position for emerging markets, and the differing pace of financial integration between advanced and developing economies. We also show the existence of a global discrepancy between estimated foreign assets and liabilities, and identify the asset categories that account for this discrepancy.