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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958655903321

Autore

Mercereau Benoît

Titolo

Financial Integration in Asia : : Estimating the Risk-Sharing Gains for Australia and Other Nations / / Benoît Mercereau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613830944

9781462316496

1462316492

9781452795539

1452795533

9781283518499

128351849X

9781451909807

1451909802

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Finance - Asia

Monetary policy - Asia

Balance of payments

Capital account

Consumption

Current Account Adjustment

Economics

Exports and Imports

Finance

Finance: General

Financial Instruments

Financial integration

Foreign assets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Institutional Investors

International economics

International finance

International Investment

Investment & securities

Investments, Foreign

Investments: Stocks

Long-term Capital Movements



Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Pension Funds

Saving

Short-term Capital Movements

Stocks

Wealth

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

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.