Capital flows to developing countries : the allocation puzzle

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100 1 ‡aGourinchas, Pierre-Olivier.
245 1 0 ‡aCapital flows to developing countries : ‡bthe allocation puzzle / ‡cPierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Olivier Jeanne.
260 ‡aCambridge, Mass. : ‡bNational Bureau of Economic Research, ‡cc2007.
300 ‡a52 p. : ‡bill. ; ‡c22 cm.
490 0 ‡aNBER working paper series ; ‡vworking paper no. 13602
500 ‡a"November 2007."
504 ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 ‡aAccording to the consensus view in growth and development economics, cross country differences in per-capita income largely reflect differences in countries' total factor productivity. We argue that this view has powerful implications for patterns of capital flows: everything else equal, countries with faster productivity growth should invest more, and attract more foreign capital. We then show that the pattern of net capital flows across developing countries is not consistent with this prediction. If anything, capital seems to flow more to countries that invest and grow less. We argue that this result -- which we call the allocation puzzle -- constitutes an important challenge for economic research, and discuss some possible research avenues to solve the puzzle.
530 ‡aAlso available in PDF from the NBER world wide web site (www.nber.org).
538 ‡aMode of access: Internet.
650 0 ‡aCapital movements ‡zDeveloping countries ‡xEconometric models.
700 1 ‡aJeanne, Olivier.
710 2 ‡aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
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