 The Impact of Current Account Reversals on Growth in Central and Eastern EuropeEastern European Economics, 2005, vol. 43, issue 2, 57-72 Abstract: According to economic theory, a capital inflows reversal--the sudden stop-- has a significant negative effect on economic growth. This article investigates the direct impact of current account reversals on growth in Central and Eastern European countries. Two steps to conduct the analysis are applied. In the first step, the standard growth equation is estimated when including the current account reversal impulse dummy. I find that after a current account reversal, the growth rate declines by 1.10 percent in the current year. The subsequent analysis of the adjustment dynamics builds upon the notion of convergence. The unconditional and conditional convergence coefficients are found to be -0.47 and -0.52, respectively. This implies that the consequences of the reversal are likely eliminated after 3.3 years when the actual growth rate is back at its equilibrium level, ceteris paribus. Finally, the cumulative loss associated with a sudden stop in capital flows is about 2.3 percent. One may infer that Central and Eastern European countries are relatively flexible in terms of adjustment and reallocation of resources given the findings in similar literature examining either a more general sample or concentrating on rather different regions. Date: 2005 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mes:eaeuec:v:43:y:2005:i:2:p:57-72 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Eastern European Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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