Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Sector Stability (Empirical Approach)
Author | : Mr.Alexei Kireyev |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2002-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781451856057 |
ISBN-13 | : 1451856059 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The paper explores empirically the links between the WTO-driven liberalization of trade in financial services and the stability of national financial systems. Econometric testing of indicators intended to proxy financial sector stability-subdivided into exchange rate and banking sector stability-suggests that opening of the financial sector is an efficient policy instrument at the disposal of the authorities for achieving a variety of macroeconomic goals. While liberalization is found to be broadly conducive to stability, the outcome of liberalization on exchange rate stability is less predictable than on banking sector stability.