Managing Sudden Stops
The recent reversal of capital flows to emerging markets has pointed up the continuing relevance of the sudden stop problem. This paper analyzes the sudden stops in capital flows to emerging markets since 1991. It shows that the frequency and durat...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26219966/managing-sudden-stops http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24213 |
| Summary: | The recent reversal of capital flows to
emerging markets has pointed up the continuing relevance of
the sudden stop problem. This paper analyzes the sudden
stops in capital flows to emerging markets since 1991. It
shows that the frequency and duration of sudden stops have
remained largely unchanged, but that the relative importance
of different factors in their incidence has changed. In
particular, global factors appear to have become more
important relative to country-specific characteristics and
policies. Sudden stops now tend to affect different parts of
the world simultaneously rather than bunching regionally.
Stronger macroeconomic and financial frameworks have allowed
policy makers to respond more flexibly, but these more
flexible responses have not guaranteed insulation or
mitigated the impact of the phenomenon. These findings
suggest that the challenge of understanding and coping with
capital-flow volatility is far from fully met. |
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