International Capital Movements, Financial Volatility and Financial Instability

Frederic Mishkin

No 6390, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This lecture outlines an asymmetric information theory of financial instability which describes the fundamental forces which harm both the financial sector and economic activity. This asymmetric information framework is then used to demonstrate that although international capital movements and financial volatility can play a role in destabilizing the economy is frequently overstated.

JEL-codes: E3 F3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-08
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Published as Schriften des Vereins fur Socialpolitik Gelleschaft fur Wirtscharges und Socialwissenschafter, pp. 11-40, 1998.

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