Are Capital Inflows Expansionary or Contractionary in the Philippines?

Capital Inflows in a General Equilibrium Setting

Equilibrium Setting Carlos C. Bautista* A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is constructed to examine the effects of capital inflows on the sectors of the Philippine economy. The CGE model has five production sectors, two households and two primary inputs. Under a flexible exchange rate regime, it is shown that capital inflows lead to an appreciation of the domestic currency. Nontradab...

Capital inflows and investment in developing countries

Are Crisis-Induced Devaluations Contractionary?

Why are some currency crises followed by economic contractions while others are not? This paper is an attempt at answering this query. In particular, we investigate two closely related questions. First, we explore whether there is a difference in the output effects of a devaluation during “normal” periods versus crises ones; after all, during noncrisis periods, real exchange devaluation is seen...

Controls on Capital Inflows: Do they Work?∗

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of controls on capital inflows. In particular, we analyze in great detail the Chilean experience with the use of the unremunerated reserve requirement. We examine the effects of the controls applied in Chile in 1991–98 on interest rates, real exchange rate, and the volume and composition of capital inflows. The effects are elusive and it is difficult to pin...

What Lures Cross-Border Venture Capital Inflows?

The change in the business model of venture capitalists from investing locally towards investing across borders started to intensify in the late 1990s. According to a dataset of European and NorthAmerican countries, we find that countries with higher expected growth and higher lagged stock market returns receive larger net cross-border venture capital inflows. Thus, portfolio companies located ...