Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

This article sets flight capital in the context of portfolio choice, focusing on the proportion of private wealth that is held abroad. There are large regional differences in this proportion, ranging from 5 percent in South Asia to 40 percent in Af...

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Main Authors: Collier, Paul, Hoeffler, Anke, Pattillo, Catherine
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
CD
GDP
GNP
NPV
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736873/flight-capital-portfolio-choice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17215
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topic ACCUMULATION OF DEBTS
ARBITRAGE
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK DEBT
BANK POLICY
BIASES
BONDS
BORROWER
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL BASE
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CAPITAL RATIO
CAPITAL REPATRIATION
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCKS
CD
CHECKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY RISK
CREDITORS
CRISIS AFFECTED
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATION
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY MARKETS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT DATA
DEBT FORGIVENESS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT REDUCTION
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SERVICE
DEBT­CAPITAL
DEGREE OF RISK
DEPOSIT
DEPOSITOR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DIFFERENT CURRENCIES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DOLLAR VALUE
DOMESTIC BONDS
DOMESTIC CAPITAL
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC INVESTMENT
DOMESTIC INVESTOR
DOMESTIC INVESTORS
DOMESTIC PORTFOLIO
DOMESTIC PORTFOLIOS
DOMESTIC SECURITIES
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
ENDOWMENTS
EQUITIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL CAPITAL
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL DEBTS
FACE VALUE
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL RISKS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FLOW OF CAPITAL
FLOWS OF CAPITAL
FOREIGN ASSET
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DEBT
FOREIGN DEBTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN FUNDS
FOREIGN INDEBTEDNESS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN LOANS
FORGIVENESS
FORMAL ANALYSIS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
GNP
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GUARANTY
HOLDING
ILLIQUID ASSETS
IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
IMPLICIT TAXES
INCOME
INDEBTEDNESS
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
INFLATION
INFLATION TAX
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
INTEREST DIFFERENTIALS
INTEREST RATE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL DEBT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
LACK OF CAPITAL
LDCS
LENDERS
LEVY
LIABILITY
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY PREMIUM
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MONETARY FUND
NET CAPITAL
NPV
OUTPUT
OUTPUT LOSS
OVERVALUATION
OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
PENSION
PHYSICAL ASSETS
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO ADJUSTMENT
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATIONS
PORTFOLIO CHOICE
PORTFOLIO CHOICES
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
PORTFOLIO RETURNS
PORTFOLIO RISK
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE BORROWERS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW
PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCK
PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCKS
PRIVATE DEBT
PRIVATE FUNDS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE RETURNS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
RATE OF GROWTH
RATE OF RETURN
RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL
RATES OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REGIONAL DUMMY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REPUDIATION
RESERVES
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
RISK OF EXPROPRIATION
SAFE ASSET
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SOURCES OF FUNDS
SOVEREIGN LENDING
STOCKS
TAX
TAX LIABILITIES
TAX LIABILITY
TAX OBLIGATIONS
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX RETURNS
TAX TREATMENTS
TAXATION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TREASURY
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILL RATES
TREASURY BILLS
UNION
VOLATILITIES
VOLATILITY
WEALTH
WITHDRAWAL
spellingShingle ACCUMULATION OF DEBTS
ARBITRAGE
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK DEBT
BANK POLICY
BIASES
BONDS
BORROWER
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL BASE
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CAPITAL RATIO
CAPITAL REPATRIATION
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCKS
CD
CHECKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY RISK
CREDITORS
CRISIS AFFECTED
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATION
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY MARKETS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT DATA
DEBT FORGIVENESS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT REDUCTION
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SERVICE
DEBT­CAPITAL
DEGREE OF RISK
DEPOSIT
DEPOSITOR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DIFFERENT CURRENCIES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DOLLAR VALUE
DOMESTIC BONDS
DOMESTIC CAPITAL
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC INVESTMENT
DOMESTIC INVESTOR
DOMESTIC INVESTORS
DOMESTIC PORTFOLIO
DOMESTIC PORTFOLIOS
DOMESTIC SECURITIES
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
ENDOWMENTS
EQUITIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL CAPITAL
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL DEBTS
FACE VALUE
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL RISKS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FLOW OF CAPITAL
FLOWS OF CAPITAL
FOREIGN ASSET
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DEBT
FOREIGN DEBTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN FUNDS
FOREIGN INDEBTEDNESS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN LOANS
FORGIVENESS
FORMAL ANALYSIS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
GNP
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GUARANTY
HOLDING
ILLIQUID ASSETS
IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
IMPLICIT TAXES
INCOME
INDEBTEDNESS
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
INFLATION
INFLATION TAX
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
INTEREST DIFFERENTIALS
INTEREST RATE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL DEBT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
LACK OF CAPITAL
LDCS
LENDERS
LEVY
LIABILITY
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY PREMIUM
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MONETARY FUND
NET CAPITAL
NPV
OUTPUT
OUTPUT LOSS
OVERVALUATION
OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
PENSION
PHYSICAL ASSETS
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO ADJUSTMENT
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATIONS
PORTFOLIO CHOICE
PORTFOLIO CHOICES
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
PORTFOLIO RETURNS
PORTFOLIO RISK
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE BORROWERS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW
PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCK
PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCKS
PRIVATE DEBT
PRIVATE FUNDS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE RETURNS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
RATE OF GROWTH
RATE OF RETURN
RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL
RATES OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REGIONAL DUMMY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REPUDIATION
RESERVES
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
RISK OF EXPROPRIATION
SAFE ASSET
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SOURCES OF FUNDS
SOVEREIGN LENDING
STOCKS
TAX
TAX LIABILITIES
TAX LIABILITY
TAX OBLIGATIONS
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX RETURNS
TAX TREATMENTS
TAXATION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TREASURY
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILL RATES
TREASURY BILLS
UNION
VOLATILITIES
VOLATILITY
WEALTH
WITHDRAWAL
Collier, Paul
Hoeffler, Anke
Pattillo, Catherine
Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
description This article sets flight capital in the context of portfolio choice, focusing on the proportion of private wealth that is held abroad. There are large regional differences in this proportion, ranging from 5 percent in South Asia to 40 percent in Africa. The authors explain cross-country differences in portfolio choice using variables that proxy differences in the risk-adjusted rate of return on capital. They apply the results to three policy issues: how the East Asian crisis affected domestic capital outflows; the effect of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank debt relief initiative for heavily indebted poor countries on capital repatriation; and why so much of Africa's private wealth is held outside the continent.
format Journal Article
author Collier, Paul
Hoeffler, Anke
Pattillo, Catherine
author_facet Collier, Paul
Hoeffler, Anke
Pattillo, Catherine
author_sort Collier, Paul
title Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
title_short Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
title_full Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
title_fullStr Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
title_full_unstemmed Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice
title_sort flight capital as a portfolio choice
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736873/flight-capital-portfolio-choice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17215
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spelling okr-10986-172152021-04-23T14:03:29Z Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice Collier, Paul Hoeffler, Anke Pattillo, Catherine ACCUMULATION OF DEBTS ARBITRAGE ASSETS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK DEBT BANK POLICY BIASES BONDS BORROWER CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL BASE CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL MOVEMENTS CAPITAL OUTFLOW CAPITAL OUTFLOWS CAPITAL RATIO CAPITAL REPATRIATION CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CD CHECKS COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDITORS CRISIS AFFECTED CURRENCY CURRENCY APPRECIATION CURRENCY CRISES CURRENCY MARKETS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DEBT DATA DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT RATIO DEBT REDUCTION DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEBT­CAPITAL DEGREE OF RISK DEPOSIT DEPOSITOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DIFFERENT CURRENCIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC BONDS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC INVESTMENT DOMESTIC INVESTOR DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC PORTFOLIO DOMESTIC PORTFOLIOS DOMESTIC SECURITIES DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENDOWMENTS EQUITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL CAPITAL EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL DEBTS FACE VALUE FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL RISKS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FLOW OF CAPITAL FLOWS OF CAPITAL FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DEBT FOREIGN DEBTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FINANCING FOREIGN FUNDS FOREIGN INDEBTEDNESS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN LOANS FORGIVENESS FORMAL ANALYSIS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GNP GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GUARANTY HOLDING ILLIQUID ASSETS IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES IMPLICIT TAXES INCOME INDEBTEDNESS INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR INFLATION INFLATION TAX INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INTEREST DIFFERENTIALS INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL DEBT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INVENTORY INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTOR CONFIDENCE LACK OF CAPITAL LDCS LENDERS LEVY LIABILITY LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY PREMIUM LOAN MACROECONOMIC POLICY MONETARY FUND NET CAPITAL NPV OUTPUT OUTPUT LOSS OVERVALUATION OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES PENSION PHYSICAL ASSETS PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO ADJUSTMENT PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO ALLOCATIONS PORTFOLIO CHOICE PORTFOLIO CHOICES PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION PORTFOLIO RETURNS PORTFOLIO RISK PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE BORROWERS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCK PRIVATE CAPITAL STOCKS PRIVATE DEBT PRIVATE FUNDS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE RETURNS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL RATES OF RETURN REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REGIONAL DUMMY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REPUDIATION RESERVES RETURN ON INVESTMENT RISK OF EXPROPRIATION SAFE ASSET SHARE OF CAPITAL SOURCES OF FUNDS SOVEREIGN LENDING STOCKS TAX TAX LIABILITIES TAX LIABILITY TAX OBLIGATIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX RETURNS TAX TREATMENTS TAXATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TREASURY TREASURY BILL TREASURY BILL RATES TREASURY BILLS UNION VOLATILITIES VOLATILITY WEALTH WITHDRAWAL This article sets flight capital in the context of portfolio choice, focusing on the proportion of private wealth that is held abroad. There are large regional differences in this proportion, ranging from 5 percent in South Asia to 40 percent in Africa. The authors explain cross-country differences in portfolio choice using variables that proxy differences in the risk-adjusted rate of return on capital. They apply the results to three policy issues: how the East Asian crisis affected domestic capital outflows; the effect of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank debt relief initiative for heavily indebted poor countries on capital repatriation; and why so much of Africa's private wealth is held outside the continent. 2014-03-04T21:17:09Z 2014-03-04T21:17:09Z 2001-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736873/flight-capital-portfolio-choice World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17215 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research