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International Finance Discussion Papers: Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics

International Finance Discussion Papers: Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1288704178
ISBN13: 9781288704170
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Feb 5 2013
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
How does financial integration impact capital accumulation, current-account dynamics, and cross-country inequality? This paper investigates this question within a two-country, general-equilibrium, incomplete-markets model that focuses on the importance of idiosyncratic entrepreneurial risk---a risk that introduces, not only a precautionary motive for saving, but also a wedge between the interest rate and the marginal product of capital. Our contribution is then to show that this friction provides a simple explanation for the emergence of global imbalances, a simple resolution to the empirical puzzle that capital often fails to flow from the rich or slow-growing countries to the poor or fast-growing ones, and a distinct set of policy lessons regarding the intertemporal costs and benefits of capital-account liberalization.

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