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Robbing the Riches: Capital Flight, Institutions, and Instability

By Sweta Chaman Saxena, Meenakshi Rishi, Valerie Cerra

October 1, 2005

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Sweta Chaman Saxena, Meenakshi Rishi, and Valerie Cerra. Robbing the Riches: Capital Flight, Institutions, and Instability, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

Capital flight may undermine economic growth and the effectiveness of debt relief and foreign aid. This paper is the first attempt to test whether unsound macroeconomic policies or weak institutions lead to capital flight, using panel data for a large set of developing, emerging market and transition countries. In addition, the paper tests the revolving door hypothesis that links debt accumulation and capital flight, and analyzes the contribution of institutions to several channels in this relationship.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital outflows, Currency crises, Domestic savings, External debt, Financial crises, Foreign direct investment, National accounts

Keywords: Africa, Capital flight, Capital flight equation, Capital flight literature, Capital outflows, Currency crises, Debt, Debt accumulation, Domestic savings, Flight of capital, Foreign Aid, Foreign direct investment, Global, Impact capital flight, Institutions, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    39

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2005/199

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2005199

  • ISBN:

    9781451862188

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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