Growth from International Capital Flows: The Role of Volatility Regimes

April 1, 2011

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Antu Panini Murshid, and Ashoka Mody. Growth from International Capital Flows: The Role of Volatility Regimes, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

Recent commentary has downplayed the growth dividend from international financial integration, highlighting the possibly negative correlation between capital inflows and long-run growth. This paper presents new evidence consistent with standard economic theory and a more benign interpretation of cross-border private capital flows. The key observation is that a country’s growth volatility changes over time. With volatility below a threshold, an inflow of foreign capital has promoted growth. However, during periods of volatile growth, more flows have been associated with slower growth. Volatility levels and changes reflect an interaction of domestic production and institutional structures with global factors.

Subject: Capital flows, Capital inflows, Current account, Current account balance, Private capital flows

Keywords: Capital flow, Dependent variable, Government type, Volatility regime, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

41
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Working Paper No. 2011/090
Stock No:

WPIEA2011090
ISBN:

9781455253296
ISSN:

1018-5941

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