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The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows: New Evidence from the SDDS
Yuko HashimotoKonstantin M. Wackersubject
Macroeconomicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectjel:F21Monetary economicsForeign direct investmentPortfolio investmentjel:C33Interest rateInformation asymmetryjel:G14determinants of capital flows; information; panel data; risk; SDDS; IMF; FDI; portfolio investment; spatial econometricsCapital (economics)EconomicsGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesPortfolioEconomic modelSpatial econometricsGeneral Environmental Sciencemedia_commonPanel datadescription
In this paper, we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a positive impact on its capital inflows, namely portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI). The purpose of our study is to explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). For FDI, we fi nd statistically signi cant and robust support for this hypothesis: SDDS subscription increased inflows by an economically relevant magnitude of about 60 percent. We also find evidence of aversion against political and macroeconomic risk as determinants of portfolio and FDI flows and use a non-parametric test for spatial correlation in the residuals of capital flows.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-12 | SSRN Electronic Journal |