On the empirics of sudden stops
Subtitle: the relevance of balance-sheet effects
By: Guillermo A. Calvo, Alejandro Izquierdo, Luis-Fernando Mejia.
Contributors: Izquierdo, Alejandro, 1964-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10520; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10520.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Foreign exchange rates -- Case studies.; Capital movements -- Case studies.; Financial statements -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Using a sample of 32 developed and developing countries we analyze the empirical characteristics of sudden stops in capital flows and the relevance of balance sheet effects in the likelihood of their materialization.  We find that large real exchange rate (RER) fluctuations coming hand in hand with Sudden Stops are basically an emerging market (EM) phenomenon.  Sudden Stops seem to come in bunches, grouping together countries that are different in many respects.  However, countries are similar in that they remain vulnerable to large RER fluctuations be it because they could be forced to large adjustments in the absorption of tradable goods, and/or because the size of dollar liabilities in the banking system (i.e., domestic liability dollarization, or DLD) is high.  Openness, understood as a large supply of tradable goods that reduces leverage over the current account deficit, coupled with DLD, are key determinants of the probability of Sudden Stops.  The relationship between Openness and DLD in the determination of the probability of Sudden Stops is highly non-linear, implying that the interaction of high current account leverage and high dollarization may be a dangerous cocktail"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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