Premium
Financial Globalisation and Emerging Markets Volatility
Author(s) -
Leijonhufvud Christina
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01077.x
Subject(s) - economics , volatility (finance) , capital market , financial market , emerging markets , financial crisis , capital flows , financial integration , financial globalization , financial deepening , indirect finance , financial capital , financial econometrics , globalization , macroeconomics , international economics , finance , financial intermediary , market economy , human capital , liberalization
The volatility of capital flows to emerging market (EM) countries and frequency of financial crises have imposed high welfare costs on the countries involved. The empirical literature provides, at best, a mixed picture on the relationship between long‐run EM country growth and financial integration. Meanwhile, the prevailing policy discourse regarding reform of the international financial system remains incomplete: the focus has largely been on either institutional and policy measures required of EM countries or international crisis‐resolution procedures. The role played by private financial markets and institutions in the developed world has not received adequate attention. This paper describes some of the structural features inherent in today's financial markets that directly contribute to the instability in EM capital flows.