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The Mixed Blessing of Financial Inflows
Transition Countries in Comparative Perspective
9781840640380 Edward Elgar Publishing
The successful macroeconomic stabilization in Central and Eastern European countries has encouraged inflows of foreign capital badly needed to promote economic development. Strikingly, these countries have found capital inflows in their various forms to be a mixed blessing, threatening the macroeconomic balance that they have recently achieved.
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The successful macroeconomic stabilization in Central and Eastern European countries has encouraged inflows of foreign capital badly needed to promote economic development. Strikingly, these countries have found capital inflows in their various forms to be a mixed blessing, threatening the macroeconomic balance that they have recently achieved.
These countries have learned that it is not easy to continue to attract foreign capital and simultaneously to reduce its adverse effects on inflation, the exchange rate and the current account, and to contain disturbances resulting from reversals of the flows. This book investigates recent experiences in Central and Eastern Europe and contrasts it with that of Latin America and East Asia, and suggests appropriate policies and lessons to be learned. The authors conclude that many features of, and policy dilemmas faced by, formerly centrally planned economies in Europe are similar to those in other emerging economies. However, certain unique characteristics such as data limitations and the fragility of the banking and financial systems, compound the problems faced by policy makers in Central and Eastern Europe.
This book will prove invaluable to policymakers and scholars interested in and responsible for international finance in transition economies.
These countries have learned that it is not easy to continue to attract foreign capital and simultaneously to reduce its adverse effects on inflation, the exchange rate and the current account, and to contain disturbances resulting from reversals of the flows. This book investigates recent experiences in Central and Eastern Europe and contrasts it with that of Latin America and East Asia, and suggests appropriate policies and lessons to be learned. The authors conclude that many features of, and policy dilemmas faced by, formerly centrally planned economies in Europe are similar to those in other emerging economies. However, certain unique characteristics such as data limitations and the fragility of the banking and financial systems, compound the problems faced by policy makers in Central and Eastern Europe.
This book will prove invaluable to policymakers and scholars interested in and responsible for international finance in transition economies.
Critical Acclaim
‘. . . an excellent piece of comparative economic policy analysis of individual countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe facing similar, but not identical, problems. . . . This book provides a first
comparative analysis of financial inflows for transition economies. The problem will be a continuing one and the lessons to be gained from these country studies are important for economists both in the policy making and academic communities. Each study provides a solid foundation for future
research on the individual countries or the region as a whole.’
– David M. Kemme, Journal of Comparative Economics
comparative analysis of financial inflows for transition economies. The problem will be a continuing one and the lessons to be gained from these country studies are important for economists both in the policy making and academic communities. Each study provides a solid foundation for future
research on the individual countries or the region as a whole.’
– David M. Kemme, Journal of Comparative Economics
Contributors
Contributors: V. Bole, T.J. Bond, V. Corbo, M. de Castello Branco, P. Durjasz, J. Gács, R. Holzmann, R. Kokoszczynski, G. Oblath, H. Reisen, M. Soto, S. Valdés-Prieto, C. Wyplosz, M.L. Wyzan
Contents
Contents: Introduction Part I: The Background: Capital Inflow Episodes and Their Lessons in Asia and Latin America 1. Macroeconomic Policy Issues Raised by Capital Inflows 2. Sustainable and Excessive Current Account Deficits 3. Capital Inflows to Asia: The Role of Monetary Policy 4. The Effectiveness of Capital Controls: Theory and Evidence from Chile Part II: Recent Experience in More Advanced Transition Countries 5. Capital Inflows to Hungary and Accompanying Policy Responses, 1995–1996 6. Financial Inflows to Poland, 1990–1996 7. Capital Inflows to the Baltic States, 1992–1996 8. Financial Flows to a Small Open Economy: The Case of Slovenia Summary Index
