{"title":"Bilateral capital flows: Gravity, push and pull","authors":"Rogelio V. Mercado Jr.","doi":"10.1111/infi.12421","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using bilateral capital-flow data from 10 advanced reporting economies, with over 186 bilateral country pairs, from 2000 to 2016, this paper provides evidence of the significance of gravity factors, such as information asymmetries and economic ties, in explaining cross-border bilateral financial-asset flows. In addition, this study offers new evidence of regional contagion, with bilateral capital flows decreasing more for pairs of countries with closer geographic proximity (or with less information friction) than for those that are farther apart when global risk aversion rises. These findings have policy implications for the importance of information frictions, bilateral trade ties and regional cooperation in determining the level of bilateral financial-asset flows.</p>","PeriodicalId":46336,"journal":{"name":"International Finance","volume":"26 1","pages":"36-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Finance","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/infi.12421","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using bilateral capital-flow data from 10 advanced reporting economies, with over 186 bilateral country pairs, from 2000 to 2016, this paper provides evidence of the significance of gravity factors, such as information asymmetries and economic ties, in explaining cross-border bilateral financial-asset flows. In addition, this study offers new evidence of regional contagion, with bilateral capital flows decreasing more for pairs of countries with closer geographic proximity (or with less information friction) than for those that are farther apart when global risk aversion rises. These findings have policy implications for the importance of information frictions, bilateral trade ties and regional cooperation in determining the level of bilateral financial-asset flows.
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International Finance is a highly selective ISI-accredited journal featuring literate and policy-relevant analysis in macroeconomics and finance. Specific areas of focus include: · Exchange rates · Monetary policy · Political economy · Financial markets · Corporate finance The journal''s readership extends well beyond academia into national treasuries and corporate treasuries, central banks and investment banks, and major international organizations. International Finance publishes lucid, policy-relevant writing in macroeconomics and finance backed by rigorous theory and empirical analysis. In addition to the core double-refereed articles, the journal publishes non-refereed themed book reviews by invited authors and commentary pieces by major policy figures. The editor delivers the vast majority of first-round decisions within three months.
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