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Information and Capital Flows Revisited: The Internet as a Determinant of Transactions in Financial Assets

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  • Choi, Changkyu

    (Myongji University)

  • Rhee , Dong-Eun

    (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

  • Oh , Yonghyup

    (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of international transactions in financial assets empirically. We extend the gravity model in Portes et al. (2000) by introducing an internet variable. Using cross-country panel data on the portfolio flows between the US and other countries from 1990 to 2008, we found that the Internet turns out to mitigate the information asymmetries and thus increases cross-border portfolio flows between countries.

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  • Choi, Changkyu & Rhee , Dong-Eun & Oh , Yonghyup, 2010. "Information and Capital Flows Revisited: The Internet as a Determinant of Transactions in Financial Assets," Working Papers 10-10, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:kiepwp:2010_010
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2489832
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    Keywords

    Capital Flows; Financial Assets; The Internet; Portfolio Flows; Gravity Equation;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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