Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90667 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERAD-98-12
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
This study argues that trade policies regarding financial services are an important - but typically neglected - determinant of capital flows and financial sector stability. Financial services trade liberalisation which promotes the use of a broad spectrum of financial instruments and allows the presence of foreign financial institutions whilst not unduly restricting their business practices, results in less distorted and less volatile capital flows, and promotes financial sector stability. The study finds significant evidence in favour of this claim through an empirical analysis of GATS commitments in 27 emerging markets. Even countries where the financial system is weak, and where immediate, full-fledged financial sector liberalisation is not advisable, can open up certain types of financial services trade, as such trade strengthens the financial system without provoking destabilising capital flows.
Subjects: 
Financial services
international trade
capital flows
financial stability
WTO
JEL: 
F13
F30
G20
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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