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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808876703321

Autore

Lane Philip R. <1969->

Titolo

The external wealth of nations mark II : revised and extended estimates of foreign assets and liabilities, 1970-2004 / / Philip R. Lane and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., c2006

ISBN

1-4623-5183-2

1-4527-3905-6

1-283-51752-3

9786613829979

1-4519-0865-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (50 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/69

Altri autori (Persone)

Milesi-FerrettiGian Maria

Soggetti

Alien property

Balance of trade

Debts, External

Foreign exchange

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.