Hello Flight, Goodbye Capital - Couverture souple

Beja, L Edsel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3836436353 ISBN 13 : 9783836436359

Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007

Synopsis

This research is an attempt at explaining and analyzing capital flight from Southeast Asia. The research surveys the literature on the meanings and measurements of capital flight. ''Was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is answered using the residual method. Next the issue ''Why was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is addressed. The examination is done using direct and indirect linkages between capital flight and external borrowing. ''Should Southeast Asia worry about capital flight?'' is the third issue of the research. Counterfactual calculations using a planning method and multiplier method explore what the effects is capital flight was regulated and the funds were used in productive domestic activities. Finally, ''What is to be done?'' Policy guidelines are discussed that could lead to restrain, reduce, and reverse capital flight.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. This research is an attempt at explaining and analyzing capital flight from Southeast Asia. The research surveys the literature on the meanings and measurements of capital flight. ''Was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is answered using the residual method. Next the issue ''Why was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is addressed. The examination is done using direct and indirect linkages between capital flight and external borrowing. ''Should Southeast Asia worry about capital flight?'' is the third issue of the research. Counterfactual calculations using a planning method and multiplier method explore what the effects is capital flight was regulated and the funds were used in productive domestic activities. Finally, ''What is to be done?'' Policy guidelines are discussed that could lead to restrain, reduce,and reverse capital flight.

Biographie de l'auteur

is Deputy Director of Ateneo Center for EconomicResearch and Development and teaches economicsand political economy at Ateneo de ManilaUniversity, in the Philippines. He works in the fieldsof macroeconomics and political economy, nationalaccounting, and balance of payments. Recentresearches examine capital flight, trade misinvoicing,human trafficking, informal finance, and non-formalsector.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836436353
• ISBN 13: 9783836436359
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible