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

By Barry J. Eichengreen, Balazs Csonto, Asmaa A ElGanainy, Zsoka Koczan

January 8, 2021

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Barry J. Eichengreen, Balazs Csonto, Asmaa A ElGanainy, and Zsoka Koczan. Financial Globalization and Inequality: Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed November 5, 2024

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Summary

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 labor- and product-market specific – is important for facilitating wider sharing of the benefits of financial globalization.

Subject: Economic sectors, Financial crises

Keywords: And inequality., Capital account, Capital flows, Remittances

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    37

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2021/004

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2021004

  • ISBN:

    9781513566382

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941