Hello Flight, Goodbye Capital

Edsel Beja

ISBN 10: 3639422503 / ISBN 13: 9783639422504

Published by AV Akademikerverlag Jun 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Revision with unchanged content. This research is an attempt at explaining and analyzing capital flight from Southeast Asia. The research surveys the literature on the meanings and measurements of capital flight. ''Was capital fleeing Southeast Asia '' is answered using the residual method. Next the issue ''Why was capital fleeing Southeast Asia '' is addressed. The examination is done using direct and indirect linkages between capital flight and external borrowing. ''Should Southeast Asia worry about capital flight '' is the third issue of the research. Counterfactual calculations using a planning method and multiplier method explore what the effects is capital flight was regulated and the funds were used in productive domestic activities. Finally, ''What is to be done '' Policy guidelines are discussed that could lead to restrain, reduce,and reverse capital flight. 148 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hello Flight, Goodbye Capital
• Publisher: AV Akademikerverlag Jun 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639422503
• ISBN 13: 9783639422504
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 238 grams

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Revision with unchanged content. This research is an attempt at explaining and analyzing capital flight from Southeast Asia. The research surveys the literature on the meanings and measurements of capital flight. ''Was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is answered using the residual method. Next the issue ''Why was capital fleeing Southeast Asia?'' is addressed. The examination is done using direct and indirect linkages between capital flight and external borrowing. ''Should Southeast Asia worry about capital flight?'' is the third issue of the research. Counterfactual calculations using a planning method and multiplier method explore what the effects is capital flight was regulated and the funds were used in productive domestic activities. Finally, ''What is to be done?'' Policy guidelines are discussed that could lead to restrain, reduce,and reverse capital flight.

About the Author

is Deputy Director of Ateneo Center for EconomicResearch and Development and teaches economicsand political economy at Ateneo de ManilaUniversity, in the Philippines. He works in the fieldsof macroeconomics and political economy, nationalaccounting, and balance of payments. Recentresearches examine capital flight, trade misinvoicing,human trafficking, informal finance, and non-formalsector.