Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to use the literature which evaluates the external sustainability condition to evaluate the original equation of Feldstein and Horioka. We conclude that the saving-investment correlation calculated using cross-sectional data measures the solvency condition instead of the degree of capital mobility. Error-correction models could be an alternative to distinguish between the long-run correlation, which reflects solvency, and the short-run correlation which could measure capital mobility. Applying these models to a panel of 29 developing countries we obtain evidence of an intermediate degree of capital mobility.
JEL-codes:F2F3 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2004