We theoretically illustrate how macroprudential policy spillovers through international capital flows can lead to uncoordinated policy choices that are tighter than would occur with coordination. We consider a symmetric two-country macro model in which countries have limited ability to issue state-contingent contracts in international markets. Accordingly, output endogenously depends on the rel...

Migrant networks are an important catalyst for promoting FDI flows between countries. Migrants also send increasingly large remittances to their home countries. This paper considers how these two capital flows are related, specifically examining how remittance flows respond to the amount of FDI inflows to a country. Using a panel of 118 countries over 1980-2010, we estimate a random effects mod...

This article challenges a prevailing view that diminished electoral prospect of the incumbent UPA government is the result of neglecting growth to launch populist welfare schemes. We look at a wide range of economic indicators to show that compared to the NDA regime, the UPA period has been characterised by faster growth, higher savings and investment, growing foreign trade and capital inflows,...

I study a model of trading under asymmetric information where traders can acquire expertise to become better informed. Within the context of this model, I propose and implement a method to estimate the ratio of the marginal social value to the marginal private value of expertise. More expert traders get rents because they can choose which assets to trade and they add social value because by cha...

This paper models flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a two country, two sector DSGE framework. The allocation of capital to production capacity abroad is subject to a search-and-matching friction with endogenous capital reallocation. The model is calibrated on observed inflows and outflows of FDI and leads to dynamics of foreign direct investment consistent with the empirical evidence ...

1. Introduction As one of the basic drives of globalization, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is playing an active role in the economic development of NIEs. For instance, in China 2004, fixed assets investment, industry value added, and export of FDI firms accounts for 12%, 28%, and 57% of nation's total amount. 24 million employees are hired by FDI firms which accounts for 10% of all non-agricu...

Using a small open economy framework, we model the composition of capital inflows as the equilibrium outcome of emerging market firms’ financing decisions. We show that debt limits, equity issuing costs, and foreign direct investment search costs generate a financing premium and that the ”cheapest” source of financing depends on the phase of the business cycle and past financing decisions. The ...

We survey different strategies in the transition process, and investigate their role in growth prospects. Openness, exchange rate regimes and approaches to trade and capital market liberalisation are examined. Their role in facilitating the diffusion of new products and processes to transition economies is discussed. Policies toward openness and integration have an effect on the ability of econ...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We examine implications of a society's cultural emphasis on moral sentiments. Entrepreneurs and investors interact in a game that entails both adverse selection and moral hazard; entrepreneurs may attempt to breach their contracts and expropriate investors. An agent is born into a particular culture but chooses whether to develop a moral conscience and ther...

Recently, and partly as a result of the currency crises in emerging markets, a broad debate on reforming the international financial system has begun. Talk of a “new financial architecture” abounds, and academics, financiers, and politicians have offered blueprints for reforming existing institutions. Some have talked of creating a global lender of last resort, while others have argued that it ...