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Capital Inflows and Capital Outflows: Measurement, Determinants, Consequences

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  • Andrew Powell
  • Dilip Ratha
  • Sanket Mohapatra

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This paper develops new estimates of capital outflows and is the first, to our knowledge, to analyze the determinants, consequences and inter-relationship between inflows and outflows. Given the dynamics and individual country effects, we use a panel-VAR and find that inflows and outflows are inter-related, that lower inflows/higher outflows lead to lower growth, and among other effects to a higher fiscal deficit, which feeds back to lower inflows/higher outflows. These results provide evidence of vicious and virtuous cycles. We find no strong evidence that official flows crowd-in private ones. We conclude it is particularly important for developing countries to maintain prudent policies, and especially adequate fiscal discipline, to avoid vicious and reinforce virtuous cycles.

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Length: 52 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2002
Handle: RePEc:udt:wpbsdt:veinticinco
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