Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries

This paper examines the degree of capital mobility in four ASEAN countries, namely, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. The model of Shibata and Shintani (1998) and the extension model by Cooray (2005) are used to examine the degree of international capital mobility in these count...

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Main Authors: Soo, Khoon Goh, Koong, Seow Shin
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spelling my.uum.repo.25592011-02-24T01:38:23Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/2559/ Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries Soo, Khoon Goh Koong, Seow Shin HF Commerce This paper examines the degree of capital mobility in four ASEAN countries, namely, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. The model of Shibata and Shintani (1998) and the extension model by Cooray (2005) are used to examine the degree of international capital mobility in these countries. The results show that capital seems to be mobile in Malaysia and Thailand, but not in the Philippines or Singapore. Nevertheless, the results suggest that the interest rate differential is not related to changes in consumption. This paper also highlights the importance of incorporating strong instrumental variables in any GMM estimations. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/2559/1/Soo_Khoon_Goh.pdf Soo, Khoon Goh and Koong, Seow Shin (2007) Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries. In: International Economic Conference on Trade and Industry (IECTI) 2007, 3 - 5 December 2007, Bayview Hotel Georgetown, Penang. (Unpublished)
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Soo, Khoon Goh
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Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
description This paper examines the degree of capital mobility in four ASEAN countries, namely, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. The model of Shibata and Shintani (1998) and the extension model by Cooray (2005) are used to examine the degree of international capital mobility in these countries. The results show that capital seems to be mobile in Malaysia and Thailand, but not in the Philippines or Singapore. Nevertheless, the results suggest that the interest rate differential is not related to changes in consumption. This paper also highlights the importance of incorporating strong instrumental variables in any GMM estimations.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Soo, Khoon Goh
Koong, Seow Shin
author_facet Soo, Khoon Goh
Koong, Seow Shin
author_sort Soo, Khoon Goh
title Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
title_short Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
title_full Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
title_fullStr Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
title_full_unstemmed Empirical evidence on capital mobility in four ASEAN countries
title_sort empirical evidence on capital mobility in four asean countries
publishDate 2007
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/2559/1/Soo_Khoon_Goh.pdf
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