The Demand for Liquid Assets, Corporate Saving, and Global Imbalances
Abstract
In the recent decade, capital outflows from emerging economies, in the form of a demand for liquid assets, have played a key role in the context of global imbalances. In this paper, we model the demand for liquid assets by firms in a dynamic open-economy macroeconomic model. We find that the implications of this model are very different from standard models, because the demand for foreign bonds is a complement to domestic investment rather than a substitute. We show that this complementarity is at work when an emerging economy is on its convergence path or when it has a higher TFP growth rate. This framework is consistent with global imbalances and with a number of stylized facts such as high corporate saving rates in high-growth, high-investment, emerging countries.Download Info
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Keywords: Capital flows; Credit constraints; Global imbalances;Other versions of this item:
- Bacchetta Philippe & Benhima Kenza, 2010. "The Demand for Liquid Assets, Corporate Saving, and Global Imbalances," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'Econométrie et d'Economie politique (DEEP) 10.12, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, DEEP.
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Capital; Investment; Capacity
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
- F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
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- NEP-MAC-2013-01-07 (Macroeconomics)
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- Bacchetta, Philippe & Benhima, Kenza & Kalantzis, Yannick, 2012.
"Capital Controls with International Reserve Accumulation: Can this Be Optimal?,"
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- Bacchetta, Philippe & Benhima, Kenza & Kalantzis, Yannick, 2012. "Capital Controls with International Reserve Accumulation: Can this Be Optimal?," CEPR Discussion Papers 8753, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Bacchetta, P. & Benhima, K. & Kalantzis, Y., 2012. "Capital Controls with International Reserve Accumulation: Can this Be Optimal?," Working papers 406, Banque de France.
- Philippe Bacchetta & Kenza Benhima & Yannick Kalantzis, 2011. "Capital Controls with International Reserve Accumulation: Can this Be Optimal ?," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'Econométrie et d'Economie politique (DEEP) 11.08, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, DEEP.
- Yannick Kalantzis & Kenza Benhima & Philippe Bacchetta, 2012. "Capital Controls with International Reserve Accumulation: Can this Be Optimal?," 2012 Meeting Papers 448, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Coeurdacier, Nicolas & Guibaud, Stéphane & Jin, Keyu, 2012.
"Credit Constraints and Growth in a Global Economy,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
9109, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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- YiLi Chien & Kanda Naknoi, 2011.
"The Risk Premium and Long-Run Global Imbalances,"
Purdue University Economics Working Papers
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- YiLi Chien & Kanda Naknoi, 2012. "The Risk Premium and Long-Run Global Imbalances," Working papers 2012-41, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
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