Capital Inflows and the Real Exchange Rate: Can Financial Development Cure the Dutch Disease?

44 Pages Posted: 11 Mar 2009

Date Written: Janurary 2009

Abstract

This paper argues that, in improving the efficient allocation of resources, financial sector development could dampen the appreciation effect of capital inflows. Using dynamic panel data techniques, the paper finds that the exchange rate appreciation effect of FDI inflows is indeed attenuated when financial and capital markets are larger and more active. The main implication of these results is that one of the main dangers associated with large capital inflows in emerging markets - the destabilization of macroeconomic management due to a sizeable appreciation of the real exchange rate - can be mitigated partly by developing a deep financial sector.

Keywords: Capital inflows, Real effective exchange rates, Capital markets, Emerging markets, Financial sector, Economic models, Cross country analysis, Statistical annexes

Suggested Citation

Saborowski, Christian, Capital Inflows and the Real Exchange Rate: Can Financial Development Cure the Dutch Disease? (Janurary 2009). IMF Working Paper No. 09/20, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1356448

Christian Saborowski (Contact Author)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20431
United States

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