When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?

This paper analyzes the drivers and consequences of sudden stops of capital flows. It focuses on the impact of external vulnerability on the depth and length of sudden stop crises. The authors analyze 43 developing and developed countries between 1...

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Main Authors: Caner, Mehmet, Koehler-Geib, Fritzi, Vincelette, Gallina Andronova
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090820133012
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topic ADJUSTMENT DYNAMICS
ADJUSTMENT PATH
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ASSET POSITIONS
BANKING SECTOR
BASIS POINTS
BOND
BOND INDEX
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY EXPORTS
COMMODITY PRICES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT RATINGS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY COMPOSITION
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY DATA
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DATA SETS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPOSITS
DEPRECIATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATION RESULTS
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXPORTERS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
EXTERNAL IMBALANCES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL FRAGILITY
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL OPENNESS
FINANCIAL RISKS
FINANCIAL STUDIES
FISCAL BALANCES
FIXED CAPITAL
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FIXED RATES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS
FOREIGN CURRENCY LENDING
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN LIABILITIES
FOREIGN RESERVES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
GROWTH EQUATION
GROWTH IMPACT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMBALANCES
IMPORTS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INDEBTEDNESS
INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICY
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
INFLOWS OF CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
INVESTMENT RATIO
LIABILITY
LONG RUN
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MATURITIES
MATURITY
MATURITY MISMATCHES
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
0 HYPOTHESIS
OUTPUT
OUTPUT GROWTH
OUTPUT LOSS
OUTPUT LOSSES
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
POLICY RESEARCH
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY REDUCTION
RAPID GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REGIONAL DUMMIES
RELATIVE PRICES
RESERVE MONEY
RETURN
RISK AVERSION
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
SPEED OF ADJUSTMENT
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
TIME HORIZON
TRADABLE GOODS
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE BALANCES
TRADE SHOCK
TRADE SHOCKS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VALUE ADDED
VOLATILITY
spellingShingle ADJUSTMENT DYNAMICS
ADJUSTMENT PATH
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ASSET POSITIONS
BANKING SECTOR
BASIS POINTS
BOND
BOND INDEX
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY EXPORTS
COMMODITY PRICES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT RATINGS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY COMPOSITION
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY DATA
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DATA SETS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPOSITS
DEPRECIATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATION RESULTS
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXPORTERS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
EXTERNAL IMBALANCES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL FRAGILITY
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL OPENNESS
FINANCIAL RISKS
FINANCIAL STUDIES
FISCAL BALANCES
FIXED CAPITAL
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FIXED RATES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS
FOREIGN CURRENCY LENDING
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN LIABILITIES
FOREIGN RESERVES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
GROWTH EQUATION
GROWTH IMPACT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMBALANCES
IMPORTS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INDEBTEDNESS
INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICY
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
INFLOWS OF CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
INVESTMENT RATIO
LIABILITY
LONG RUN
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MATURITIES
MATURITY
MATURITY MISMATCHES
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
0 HYPOTHESIS
OUTPUT
OUTPUT GROWTH
OUTPUT LOSS
OUTPUT LOSSES
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
POLICY RESEARCH
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY REDUCTION
RAPID GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REGIONAL DUMMIES
RELATIVE PRICES
RESERVE MONEY
RETURN
RISK AVERSION
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
SPEED OF ADJUSTMENT
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
TIME HORIZON
TRADABLE GOODS
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE BALANCES
TRADE SHOCK
TRADE SHOCKS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VALUE ADDED
VOLATILITY
Caner, Mehmet
Koehler-Geib, Fritzi
Vincelette, Gallina Andronova
When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5021
description This paper analyzes the drivers and consequences of sudden stops of capital flows. It focuses on the impact of external vulnerability on the depth and length of sudden stop crises. The authors analyze 43 developing and developed countries between 1993 and 2006. They find evidence that external vulnerability not only significantly impacts the probability of a sudden stop crisis, but also prolongs the time it takes for growth to revert to its long-term trend once a sudden stop occurs. Interestingly, external vulnerability does not significantly impact the size of the instantaneous output effect in case of a sudden stop but prompts a cumulative output effect through significantly diminishing the speed of adjustment of output to its trend. This finding implies that countries financing a large part of their absorption externally do not suffer more ferocious output losses in a sudden stop crisis, but take longer to adapt afterward and are hence expected to suffer more protracted crises periods. Compared with previous literature, this paper makes three contributions: (i) it extends the country and time coverage relative to datasets that have previously been used to analyze related topics; (ii) it specifically accounts for time-series autocorrelation; and (iii) it provides an analysis of the adjustment path of economic growth after a sudden stop.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Caner, Mehmet
Koehler-Geib, Fritzi
Vincelette, Gallina Andronova
author_facet Caner, Mehmet
Koehler-Geib, Fritzi
Vincelette, Gallina Andronova
author_sort Caner, Mehmet
title When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
title_short When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
title_full When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
title_fullStr When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
title_full_unstemmed When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt?
title_sort when do sudden stops really hurt?
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090820133012
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4214
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spelling okr-10986-42142021-04-23T14:02:16Z When Do Sudden Stops Really Hurt? Caner, Mehmet Koehler-Geib, Fritzi Vincelette, Gallina Andronova ADJUSTMENT DYNAMICS ADJUSTMENT PATH ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ASSET POSITIONS BANKING SECTOR BASIS POINTS BOND BOND INDEX CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE COUNTRY SPECIFIC CREDIT GROWTH CREDIT RATINGS CURRENCY CURRENCY COMPOSITION CURRENCY CRISES CURRENCY DATA CURRENCY MISMATCHES CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS DATA SETS DEBT DEMAND DEPOSITS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPOSITS DEPRECIATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC MARKET DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL RESULTS EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS ESTIMATION RESULTS EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXPORTERS EXTERNAL FINANCING EXTERNAL IMBALANCES FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL FRAGILITY FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL OPENNESS FINANCIAL RISKS FINANCIAL STUDIES FISCAL BALANCES FIXED CAPITAL FIXED EFFECTS FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION FIXED RATES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY LENDING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FINANCING FOREIGN LIABILITIES FOREIGN RESERVES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH EQUATION GROWTH IMPACT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES IMBALANCES IMPORTS INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INDEBTEDNESS INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INFLOWS OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS INVESTMENT RATIO LIABILITY LONG RUN MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MATURITIES MATURITY MATURITY MISMATCHES MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 0 HYPOTHESIS OUTPUT OUTPUT GROWTH OUTPUT LOSS OUTPUT LOSSES OUTPUT PER CAPITA PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION RAPID GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE PRICES RESERVE MONEY RETURN RISK AVERSION ROBUSTNESS CHECK ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SPEED OF ADJUSTMENT STANDARD DEVIATIONS TIME HORIZON TRADABLE GOODS TRADE BALANCE TRADE BALANCES TRADE SHOCK TRADE SHOCKS TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY This paper analyzes the drivers and consequences of sudden stops of capital flows. It focuses on the impact of external vulnerability on the depth and length of sudden stop crises. The authors analyze 43 developing and developed countries between 1993 and 2006. They find evidence that external vulnerability not only significantly impacts the probability of a sudden stop crisis, but also prolongs the time it takes for growth to revert to its long-term trend once a sudden stop occurs. Interestingly, external vulnerability does not significantly impact the size of the instantaneous output effect in case of a sudden stop but prompts a cumulative output effect through significantly diminishing the speed of adjustment of output to its trend. This finding implies that countries financing a large part of their absorption externally do not suffer more ferocious output losses in a sudden stop crisis, but take longer to adapt afterward and are hence expected to suffer more protracted crises periods. Compared with previous literature, this paper makes three contributions: (i) it extends the country and time coverage relative to datasets that have previously been used to analyze related topics; (ii) it specifically accounts for time-series autocorrelation; and (iii) it provides an analysis of the adjustment path of economic growth after a sudden stop. 2012-03-19T19:11:57Z 2012-03-19T19:11:57Z 2009-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090820133012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4214 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5021 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region