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WTO Financial Services Commitments: Determinants and Impact on Financial Stability

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  • Nico Valckx

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The paper investigates the factors that have influenced WTO members to take on their chosen level of liberalization commitments in the framework of liberalization of trade in financial services and the impact of such commitments on financial sector stability. The most important factors are economic growth, current account, trends in banking sector development, policy restrictiveness, and peer group effects. The econometric evidence suggests that more liberal commitments may be associated with greater vulnerability to currency and banking crises-most likely a short-term effect, which should be mitigated with time through increased market efficiency and better resource allocation.

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Paper provided by International Monetary Fund in its series IMF Working Papers with number 02/214.

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Length: 48
Date of creation: 01 Dec 2002
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Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:02/214

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  1. Nico Valckx, 2002. "WTO Financial Services Commitments: Determinants and Impact on Financial Stability," IMF Working Papers 02/214, International Monetary Fund.
  2. Alexei Kireyev, 2002. "Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Sector Stability (Analytical Approach)," IMF Working Papers 02/138, International Monetary Fund.
  3. Kevin Gallagher, 2012. "The Global Governance of Capital Flows: New Opportunities, Enduring Challenges," Working Papers wp283, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
  4. Kevin P. Gallagher, 2010. "Policy Space to Prevent and Mitigate Financial Crises in Trade and Investment Agreements," G-24 Discussion Papers 58, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
  5. Dr. Ananya Raihan, 2003. "Ongoing Negotiations on the GATS FSA: Bangladesh’s Concerns and Position," CPD Working Paper 33, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
  6. Daniel Müller-Jentsch, 2005. "Deeper Integration and Trade in Services in the Euro-Mediterranean Region : Southern Dimensions of the European Neighborhood Policy," World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 7335.

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