Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword

39 Pages Posted: 25 Jan 2021

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Barry Eichengreen

University of California, Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Balazs Csonto

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Asmaa A ElGanainy

Georgia State University; International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Zsoka Koczan

International Monetary Fund (IMF); European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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Date Written: January 22, 2021

Abstract

We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show that the within country distributional impact of capital account liberalization is context specific and that different types of flows have different distributional effects. Their overall impact depends on the composition of capital flows, their interaction, and on broader economic and institutional conditions. A comprehensive set of policies – macroeconomic, financial and labour- and product-market specific – is important for facilitating wider sharing of the benefits of financial globalization.

Keywords: capital flows, capital account, remittances, and inequality

JEL Classification: F21, F22, F24, F41, F62, F63, F65, F68

Suggested Citation

Eichengreen, Barry and Csonto, Balazs and El-Ganainy, Asmaa and El-Ganainy, Asmaa and Koczan, Zsoka, Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword (January 22, 2021). EBRD Working Paper No. 252, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3772791 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3772791

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