Does openness to international financial flows raise productivity growth?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-580

  Ayhan Kose, M ^a   Prasad, Eswar S ^b   Terrones, Marco E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capital account liberalization; Capital flows; Debt; External assets and liabilities; Financial openness; Foreign direct investment; Portfolio equity; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749097464     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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