Hot money, accounting labels and the permanence of capital flows to developing countries: An empirical investigation

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-364

  Sarno, Lucio ^a   Taylor, Mark P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c St Cross Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital account; Capital flows; Developing countries; Kalman filter; Persistence

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

EID: 0033180570     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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