Bulletin n. 1/2008 | ||
May 2008 | ||
Ye F.J. |
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Financial Opening and Financial Security | ||
in China: an International Journal , Volume 5 Issue 2 September , 2007 , 559-587 | ||
Since the onset of globalization in the 1980s, ever-greater numbers of countries have joined in the tidal wave of financial opening. But the costs and benefits of taking this step vary enormously. Certain countries greatly enhance their financial strength by attracting international capital of a magnitude sufficient to remedy financial deficits and redress unfavourable trade balances. Others experience serious crises, their economic security beholden to the constant challenge of international capital flow. Why should experiences of financial opening vary to such a great extent? And why do foreign-invested financial institutions (hereafter: foreign financial institutions) have such a low market share and so little influence within the vast majority of developed financial markets? | ||