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A Solution to Two Paradoxes of International Capital Flows / / Shang-Jin Wei, Jiandong Ju



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Autore: Wei Shang-Jin Visualizza persona
Titolo: A Solution to Two Paradoxes of International Capital Flows / / Shang-Jin Wei, Jiandong Ju Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (39 p.)
Soggetto topico: Capital movements - Mathematical models
International finance
Exports and Imports
Labor
International Investment
Long-term Capital Movements
Labor Demand
Retail and Wholesale Trade
e-Commerce
Trade Policy
International Trade Organizations
International economics
Labour
income economics
Finance
Capital flows
Self-employment
Foreign direct investment
Trade in goods
Trade liberalization
Capital movements
Self-employed
Investments, Foreign
Balance of trade
Commercial policy
Soggetto geografico: United States
Altri autori: JuJiandong  
Note generali: "July 2006."
Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Paradoxes of International Capital Flows""; ""III. The Model""; ""IV. Aggregation and Equilibrium Conditions""; ""V. Comparative Statics""; ""VI. Free Trade and Capital Flows""; ""VII. Conclusions""; ""Appendix: Proofs""
Sommario/riassunto: International capital flows from rich to poor countries can be regarded as either too low (the Lucas paradox in a one-sector model) or too high (when compared with the logic of factor price equalization in a two-sector model). To resolve the paradoxes, we introduce a non-neoclassical model which features financial contracts and firm heterogeneity. In our model, free patterns of gross capital flow emerge as a function of the quality of the financial system and the level of protection for property rights(i.e., the risk of expropriation. A poor country with an inefficient financial system but a low expropriation risk may simultaneously experience an outflow of financial capital but an inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI), resulting in a small net flow.
Titolo autorizzato: A Solution to Two Paradoxes of International Capital Flows  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4623-0944-5
1-4527-4206-5
1-283-51165-7
1-4519-8797-8
9786613824103
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808810903321
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Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2006/178