Financial Remoteness and the Net External Position

Martin Schmitz

The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series from IIIS

Abstract: This paper shows that, controlling for standard determinants of net external positions, financially-remote countries exhibit more positive net external positions. This finding is found to be stronger for less advanced countries, hinting at external funding problems for more remote countries. Being located near financially very open countries, being in currency unions with creditor countries, or being highly integrated through financial and trade linkages with a ‘core’ country facilitates net external borrowing. Consequently, evidence is found for an important role of geographic and bilateral factors for a country’s net external wealth.

Keywords: net foreign assets; cross-border investment; distance; proximity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F34 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2010-07
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