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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821805503321

Autore

Mercereau Benoit

Titolo

Financial integration in Asia : estimating the risk-sharing gains for Australia and other nations / / prepared by Benoit Mercereau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4623-1649-2

1-4527-9553-3

1-283-51849-X

1-4519-0980-2

9786613830944

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/267

Soggetti

Finance - Asia

Monetary policy - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. FINANCIAL INTEGRATION REDUCES RISK""; ""III. ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY AND DATA""; ""IV. RESULTS""; ""V. CONCLUSION""; ""Appendix. Data Sources and Construction""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

Holding foreign assets reduces the volatility of a country's income by allowing countries to share risk. Yet, financial integration is limited in Asia. This paper estimates how much Australia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region would gain from greater financial integration. The results suggest that these welfare gains are large, which argues in favor of a progressive capital account liberalization across the region.