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Foreign capital inflows and macroeconomic policies
(1994-08)
In recent years, a number of countries of the region have gained renewed access to international financial markets, thus passing abruptly from a situation of relative scarcity of external resources to one of abundance. ...
The determinants of foreign direct investment in Brazil: empirical analysis for 2001-2013
(2017-04)
This article aims to analyse the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Brazil between 2001 and 2013. It uses a vector error correction (VEC) model to analyse both the long-term function and the impulse-response ...
Equity, foreign investment and international competitiveness
(1998-08)
Is the degree of competitiveness of countries independent of their degree of inequality? Is competitiveness only a question of microeconomic and sectoral efficiency, of the real exchange rate, or is it also a social question? ...
Corporate risk management and exchange rate volatility in Latin America
(ECLAC, 2003-03)
Abstract
This article studies the currency risk management of multinational companies with investments in Latin American countries. The analysis is centred on episodes of currency or financial shocks, searching into the ...
Trade and investment flows between the Caribbean and the rest of the hemisphere in the context of the FTAA
(ECLAC, 2001-11-12)
Introduction
The evolution of trade and investment flows between the Caribbean and the rest of the western hemisphere has been influenced by historical incorporation into the world economy and changes over time. The most ...
Capital flows and their effect on the monetary base
(1993-12)
The large capital inflows into some Latin American countries since 1990 are a mixed blessing, for they widen the trade-off between disinflation at home and competitiveness abroad. A large part of the flows seems to be ...
Remittances by emigrants: issues and evidence
(ECLAC, 2003-10)
Remittances are, currently, the second most important source of external finance to developing countries, after foreign direct investment. They do surpass foreign aid. Remittances tend to be more stable than volatile capital ...
Capital flows to Latin America: recent developments
(ECLAC, 2008-10-31)
The external environment has deteriorated sharply as a result of the spiraling financial turmoil, and has led to a weakening in commodity prices and fears of a worldwide recession. Latin America and the Caribbean's fastest ...