Download or read book Capital Flight from Russia written by Mr.Prakash Loungani and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper documents the scale of capital flight from Russia, compares it with that observed in other countries, and reviews policy options. The evidence from other countries suggests that capital flight can be reversed once reforms take hold. The paper argues that capital flight from Russia can only be curbed through a medium-term reform strategy aimed at improving governance and macroeconomic performance, and strengthening the banking system. Capital controls result in costly distortions and should gradually be phased out as part of that medium-term strategy.

Download or read book Capital Flight and Capital Outflows from Russia written by Willem H. Buiter and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Does Russia Overcome the Processes of Capital Flight Economy written by Viacheslav A. Andreev and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of study is to assess an impact of the capital flight on the Russian economy and to identify the factors, which stipulate returning the capital to the Russian Federation. Analysis shows, in 2019 the share of public external debt denominated in the national currency was continuing to increase. External debt of the private sector has changed slightly, that is probably due to a pressure of sanctions against Russian companies, which impose a restriction of access to affordable sources of capital. Presumably that if the sanctions' pressure continues, this may stipulate a precondition for repatriation of capital. Made a prognosis that by 2025, capital flows from the offshore zone in Cyprus may reach 165.55 billion USD. Therefore, it might assist Russia's attempts to overcome the ongoing process of “flight of capital” and turning it to an economic model based on effect of “capital repatriation”. However, in the current situation, when evidently there is a stagnation in the economy, along the risks, it is quite difficult to find appropriate sectors for large-scale investments. Low consuming due to the low personal incomes remains a constraint factor. Therefore, we should not expect a mass influx of investments from the foreign off-shores. Moreover, there is a redistribution of the Russian capital among other off-shores, so a huge outflow from the Cyprus offshore will not have a serious impact on the Russian economy and financial market in a long-term view.

Download or read book Capital Flight and Foreign Investment written by Terry Sicular and published by London : Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capital Flows to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union written by Stijn Claessens and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1998 Foreign direct investment and, more recently, short-term debt and portfolio flows have become important parts of private capital flows to Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Private flows have increased in response to reform efforts, the buildup of reserves, and prospective membership in the European Union. Private capital flows to Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have taken off in recent years. Foreign direct investment was the most important such flow from 1991-97, but since 1993 short-term debt and portfolio flows have also been important. The increase in these potentially more volatile short-term flows raises some questions about sustainability and vulnerability. Perhaps more than in other developing countries, reform efforts appear to be the most important determinant of private flows to the region. Private flows also have responded positively to the buildup of reserves (a proxy for improvements in perceived creditworthiness) and to prospective membership in the European Union (reflecting greater economic integration with the West and a greater commitment to reform). Official flows have been associated with the financing of fiscal deficits and appear to have led, rather than followed, countries' reform efforts. This paper-a joint product of the Economic Policy Division, Poverty Reducation and Economic Management Network; and the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region-was prepared for the National Bureau for Economic Research study, Capital Flows to Emerging Markets, organized by Sebastian Edwards. The authors may be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected].

Download or read book Capital Outflow from the Russian Economy written by Elizaveta Markovskaya and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this article is to investigate and compare the impact of economic and non-economic factors on the capital outflows from Russia. Many recent studies in Russia have focused on studying the impact of economic factors on capital outflow. However, few studies in Russia evaluate and explain the impact of non-economic factors on the volume of capital outflow. Therefore, the impact of the non-economic factors (for example, geopolitical or social) on capital flow is not fully understood. Our hypothesis is that some of them may have significantly affected this outflow. We define the main factors and evaluate their impact applying the factor analysis in our research. Our main result is that non-economic factors had an impact on the volume of capital outflow at the end of 2014.

Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by William H. Cooper and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian capital flight is a longstanding problem with very negative consequences for the Russian economy. Authoritative studies estimate Russian capital flight to have totaled $150 billion from 1992-1999. Recent reports of Russian money laundering and other financial scandals involving the Russian Central Bank, the Bank of New York, other commercial banks, and even former President Yeltsin's household involve forms of capital flight and have drawn greater attention to the problem. They have been the subjects of recent Congressional hearings and have focused the attention of Members of Congress and others on U.S. interests in Russia. Some legislation has been proposed as a result of concern over the these scandals and Russian capital flight. Capital flight deprives the Russian economy of critical financial resources that could be used for investment, tax revenues, restructuring pensions, and other social security programs. More importantly, capital flight indicates a lack of confidence by Russian and foreign investors and residents in the Russian ruble, in the Russian financial system, and more generally in the Russian economy itself. Capital flight is a sign that Russia's transition to a market economy continues to be incomplete. An analysis of the rationale for Russian capital flight suggests that to reverse ...

Download or read book Restructuring Stabilizing and Modernizing the New Russia written by Paul J.J. Welfens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia has embarked upon a difficult process of systemic transformation and economic opening up. While the initial strong GDP decline seemed to have ended in 1997, the real development was facing even more difficult problems as output declined sharply after the Ruble and banking crisis of August 1998: inflation started to increase again, exports and imports were falling, capital flight increasing and unemployment rising. There is broad disappointment in Russia regarding the transformation failure in 1998 since so many people had hoped that the end of the Soviet command economy would bring democracy, prosperity and international integration. While Poland has been able to double per capita income in the 1990s it has fallen by 50% in Russia and this despite considerable IMF involvement and some (modest) support from other international organizations. What were the reasons for transformation failure in the 1990s? What are the ingredients for long term sustainable transformation? What are the internal and international requirements to avoid a second - possibly tragic - failure of transformation in Russia? An international group of researchers has focussed on these problems during a two-year research project financed by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation. A series of papers were presented at workshops in Potsdam, Bonn and Moscow in 1999 where this book is devoted to four important issues: the Russian transformation crisis, the topic of restructuring, the need for stabilizing Russia and the requirements for modernizing Russia.

Download or read book The Value of Waiting written by Claudia M. Buch and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capital Flight from Russia written by Prakash Loungani and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capital Flight from the Countries in Transition written by Nathan Sheets and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Russian Capital Flight Economic Reforms and U S Interests written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian capital flight is a longstanding problem with very negative consequences for the Russian economy. Authoritative studies estimate Russian capital flight to have totaled $150 billion from 1992-1999. Recent reports of Russian money laundering and other financial scandals involving the Russian Central Bank, the Bank of New York, other commercial banks, and even former President Yeltsin's household involve forms of capital flight and have drawn greater attention to the problem. They have been the subjects of recent Congressional hearings and have focused the attention of Members of Congress and others on U.S. interests in Russia. Some legislation has been proposed as a result of concern over the these scandals and Russian capital flight. Capital flight deprives the Russian economy of critical financial resources that could be used for investment, tax revenues, restructuring pensions, and other social security programs. More importantly, capital flight indicates a lack of confidence by Russian and foreign investors and residents in the Russian ruble, in the Russian financial system, and more generally in the Russian economy itself. Capital flight is a sign that Russia's transition to a market economy continues to be incomplete. An analysis of the rationale for Russian capital flight suggests that to reverse capital flight the Russian economy will have to provide an environment that motivates asset- holders to keep their wealth in rubles and repatriate assets that they have sent abroad. To do so, the Russian policymakers will have to take significant steps to establish and maintain macroeconomic stability and to complete the partial economic restructuring. Post-Cold War U.S. policy has reflected a number of national security, foreign policy, and economic interests. U.S. policy has aimed to decrease the Russia military threat and at the same time encourage the development of democracy in Russia. In the economic sphere, U.S. policy has focused on establishing economic stability and on developing the institutions required for a market economy. The United States also views Russia has a burgeoning trade partner and source of investment opportunities. It can be argued that without a sound economy, Russia will find it difficult to achieve political stability, which in turn might increase the national security threat posed by Russia. Continuing capital flight is an indicator that Russia has yet to realize a functioning market economy. In the near term, U.S. economic policy on Russia is likely to focus on the issue of whether to delay or move forward with pending IMF assistance. However, whether Russia undertakes complete economic reform will be determined by Russia alone. A key question in U.S. policy is whether it can persuade Russian policymakers to procede with economic reform.

Download or read book Problems and Prospects of the Shadow Cross Border Capital Flows Estimation in the Russian Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Russian statistics the adequate estimation of unrecorded cross-border capital transactions is considered not only as a problem of methodological or technical nature, but also as a key factor of improving the quality of macroeconomic analysis, forecasting and regulations of related processes. Currently in Russian practice for this purpose is used the methodology developed by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBRF) and applied to formation of special indicator “net capital outflow of private sector” based on the Balance of payments (BOP) data.The specific features of the CBRF approach in the construction of the relevant estimates are:- Accounting capital flows only for private sector which consists of banks and “other sectors” (the latter includes units of non-financial and non-bank financial corporations);- Using in calculations the total balancing items on asset-related and liability-related transactions of balance of payments financial account for banks and other sectors;- Using in calculations the special item “fictitious transactions” as a part of net acquisition of foreign financial assets by other sectors of resident economy.The values of net capital outflow for each group of units in accordance with applied methodology are determined as the difference between the net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities.

Download or read book Foreign Capital in Russia and Hong Kong written by Saziye Gazioglu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper studies the relation among real stock returns, real capital flows and real exchange rate starting from a theoretical model. The model predicts that the capital inflows affect the real exchange rate and stock returns. Besides, there is an asymmetry between the effect of capital inflows and outflows on real exchange rate causing a Debt Trap. In this paper, we compare the evidence from Russia and Hong Kong. The empirical findings confirm the theoretical model for all three countries.

Download or read book Problems of Economic Transition written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Measuring Capital Flight written by Benu Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capital Flows at Risk Taming the Ebbs and Flows written by Mr.R. G Gelos and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volatility of capital flows to emerging markets continues to pose challenges to policymakers. In this paper, we propose a new framework to answer critical policy questions: What policies and policy frameworks are most effective in dampening sharp capital flow movements in response to global shocks? What are the near- versus medium-term trade-offs of different policies? We tackle these questions using a quantile regression framework to predict the entire future probability distribution of capital flows to emerging markets, based on current domestic structural characteristics, policies, and global financial conditions. This new approach allows policymakers to quantify capital flows risks and evaluate policy tools to mitigate them, thus building the foundation of a risk management framework for capital flows.