International Financial Integration

54 Pages Posted: 1 Jun 2005

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Philip R. Lane

Trinity College (Dublin) - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Central Bank of Ireland

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Senior Fellow; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: July 2003

Abstract

In recent decades, foreign assets and liabilities in advanced countries have grown rapidly relative to GDP, with the increase in gross cross-holdings far exceeding the size of net positions. Moreover, the portfolio equity and FDI categories have grown in importance relative to international debt stocks. In this paper, we describe the broad trends in international financial integration for a sample of industrial countries, and seek to explain the cross-country and time-series variation in the size of international balance sheets. We also examine the behavior of the rates of return on foreign assets and liabilities, relating them to 'market' returns.

Keywords: CIS7, international financial institutions, policy reform, external debt

Suggested Citation

Lane, Philip R. and Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria and Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria, International Financial Integration (July 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=495625 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.495625

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