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Financial development, international capital flows, and aggregate output

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  • von Hagen, Jürgen
  • Zhang, Haiping

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We develop a tractable two-country overlapping-generations model and show that cross-country differences in financial development can explain three recent empirical patterns of international capital flows: Financial capital flows from relatively poor to relatively rich countries, while foreign direct investment flows in the opposite direction; net capital flows go from poor to rich countries; despite its negative net international investment positions, the United States receives a positive net investment income.

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  • von Hagen, Jürgen & Zhang, Haiping, 2014. "Financial development, international capital flows, and aggregate output," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 66-77.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:deveco:v:106:y:2014:i:c:p:66-77
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.08.010
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