Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal

Ayhan Kose (), Eswar Prasad (), Kenneth Rogoff and Shang-Jin Wei

No 5842, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent years, but along many disparate channels with a variety of apparently conflicting results. We attempt to provide a unified conceptual framework for organizing this vast and growing literature. This framework allows us to provide a fresh synthetic perspective on the macroeconomic effects of financial globalization, both in terms of growth and volatility. Overall, our critical reading of the recent empirical literature is that it lends some qualified support to the view that developing countries can benefit from financial globalization, but with many nuances. On the other hand, there is little systematic evidence to support widely-cited claims that financial globalization by itself leads to deeper and more costly developing country growth crises.

Keywords: capital account liberalization; developing countries; financial crises; financial integration; growth and volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F21 F36 F4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-09
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