Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Sector Stability (Empirical Approach)

August 1, 2002

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Alexei P Kireyev. Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Sector Stability (Empirical Approach), (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

The paper explores empirically the links between the WTO-driven liberalization of trade in financial services and the stability of national financial systems. Econometric testing of indicators intended to proxy financial sector stability-subdivided into exchange rate and banking sector stability-suggests that opening of the financial sector is an efficient policy instrument at the disposal of the authorities for achieving a variety of macroeconomic goals. While liberalization is found to be broadly conducive to stability, the outcome of liberalization on exchange rate stability is less predictable than on banking sector stability.

Subject: Economic sectors, Exchange rate stability, Financial sector, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Financial services, Foreign exchange, International trade, Trade in services

Keywords: A number of country report, Exchange rate, Exchange rate stability, Financial sector, Financial sector stability, Financial service, Financial services, Financial services liberalization, Liberalization, Liberalization commitment, Liberalization dummy, Liberalization indices, Liberalization measure, Liberalization of trade, Sequenced liberalization, Trade in services, Trade liberalization, Transmission variable, WP, WTO framework

Publication Details

Pages:

27
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2002/139
Stock No:

WPIEA1392002
ISBN:

9781451856057
ISSN:

1018-5941

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