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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959813103321

Autore

Eichengreen Barry

Titolo

Sudden Stops and IMF-Supported Programs / / Barry Eichengreen, Poonam Gupta, Ashoka Mody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613820808

9781462307432

1462307434

9781452723914

1452723915

9781282413764

1282413767

9781451908954

1451908954

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (53 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

GuptaPoonam

ModyAshoka

Soggetti

Capital movements - Econometric models

Balance of payments

Capital flows

Capital movements

Credit

Currency

Current Account Adjustment

Current account

Domestic credit

Exchange rate arrangements

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

International economics

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Money and Monetary Policy

Short-term Capital Movements



Sudden stops

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 2006".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. SUDDEN STOPS AND MULTILATERAL INSURANCE""; ""III. CAPITAL FLOWS AND SUDDEN STOPS""; ""IV. IMF-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS""; ""V. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS""; ""VI. IMF-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS AND SUDDEN STOPS""; ""VII. EXTENSIONS""; ""VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""Appendix Table A1. Countries in the Sample and Sudden Stop Dates Country Year""; ""Appendix Table A2. Determinants of Sudden Stops: Sensitivity to Sample Composition""; ""Appendix II: Sources of Data and Construction of Variables""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Could a high-access, quick-disbursing "insurance facility" in the IMF help to reduce the incidence of sharp interruptions in capital flows ("sudden stops")? We contribute to the debate around this question by analyzing the impact of conventional IMF-supported programs on the incidence of sudden stops. Correcting for the non-random assignment of programs, we find that sudden stops are fewer and generally less severe when an IMF arrangement exists and that this form of "insurance" works best for countries with strong fundamentals. In contrast there is no evidence that a Fund-supported program attenuates the output effects of capital account reversals if these nonetheless occur.