Cross-border trading as a mechanism for implicit capital flight: ADRs and the Argentine crisis

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1259-1295

  Auguste, Sebastian ^a   Dominguez, Kathryn M E ^b,c   Kamil, Herman ^d   Tesar, Linda L ^b,c  

^a FIEL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

ADRs; Argentina; Capital controls; Capital flight; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748926270     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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