scholarly journals A Pragmatic Approach to Capital Account Liberalization

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eswar Prasad ◽  
Raghuram Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Capital Account ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization

scholarly journals A Pragmatic Approach to Capital Account Liberalization

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eswar S Prasad ◽  
Raghuram G Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Capital Inflows ◽  
Capital Account ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
Essential Step ◽  
Flow Of Funds ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
Capital Outflows

In the mid-1990s, mainstream economists of nearly all stripes commonly recommended capital account liberalization—that is, allowing a free flow of funds in and out of a country's economy—as an essential step in the process of economic development. But then came the East Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, in which even seemingly healthy and well-managed economies like those of South Korea were engulfed by massive capital outflows and tremendous currency volatility, and capital account liberalization became quite controversial in the economics profession. A decade later, now that time has quelled passions and intervening research can shed more light on the debate, it appears that both the costs and benefits of capital account liberalization may have been misunderstood in that earlier debate. Now it appears that the main benefits of capital account liberalization for emerging markets are indirect, more related to their role in building other institutions than to the increased financing provided by capital inflows. And these indirect benefits are important enough that countries should look for creative approaches to capital account liberalization that would help attain these benefits while reducing the risks. Countries don't have much choice but to plan for capital account liberalization because capital accounts are de facto becoming more open over time, whatever governments may do to try to control them.

scholarly journals The new structural economics: patient capital as a comparative advantage

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Yifu Lin ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Capital Account ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization ◽  
The World ◽  
New Structural Economics

The world economy needs a growth-lifting strategy, and infrastructure financing seems to hold the key. Based on the New Structural Economics (Lin, 2010; 2012) we discuss the heterogeneity of capital focusing on the long-term versus short-term orientation (STO). Traditional neoliberalism assumes that capital is homogenous, complete capital account liberalization is “beneficial”.However, previous studies have found evidence of long-term orientation (LTO) in the culture of many Asian economies (Hofstede, 1991). In this exploratory paper, we suggest that the LTO can be considered a special endowment which, under certain circumstances, can be developed into a comparative advantage (CA) in patient capital. If these countries can turn their latent CA into arevealed CA in patient capital, and develop the ability to “package” profitable and non-profitable projects in meaningful ways, they would have a “revealed” competitive advantage in infrastructure financing. The ability to “package” public infrastructure and private services is one of the key institutional factors for success in overseas cooperation.

scholarly journals When Does Capital Account Liberalization Help More than It Hurts?

10.3386/w8414 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Arteta ◽  
Barry Eichengreen ◽  
Charles Wyplosz
Keyword(s):  
Capital Account ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization

Capital Account Liberalization and Firm Innovation: Worldwide Evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 0148558X2110594
Author(s):  
Fangfang Hou ◽  
Xinpeng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Capital Account ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Innovation Output

This study investigates whether capital account liberalization, a leading characteristic of globalization, is associated with firms’ future innovation output. Employing a novel firm-level panel data set covering 41 countries over two decades, we show that capital account liberalization is significantly associated with higher corporate patenting activities, particularly for firms from innovation-intensive industries. Further analyses show that the effect is stronger among firms from economies in a better legal environment, signifying the important role of good institutional quality in facilitating the positive impact of liberalization. The effect is also stronger among firms with higher initial productivity, consistent with the “productivity” hypothesis, according to which bigger and more productive firms generate more innovation after liberalization. Our findings are robust to the use of various measurements, subsamples, and estimation models. This study provides global firm-level evidence of the real economic impact of financial globalization.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document