Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/47257 
Year of Publication: 
1998
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1998
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 860
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Capital flight has characterized the transformation process in Russia. Inflows of foreign direct investment have been minor and have been preceeded by inflows of portfolio capital. The paper shows that uncertainty about macroeconomic stabilization exhibits a strong negative effect on the volume of capital inflows when investment decisions are irreversible. Reducing uncertainty may but must not necessarily lead to more investment. The fact that monetary stabilization policies have not been accompanied by comprehensive institutional reforms can explain the pattern of Russia's capital flows in general and the dismal performance in attracting foreign direct investment in particular.
JEL: 
E58
F21
F33
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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