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A Note on Philippine Financial Openness

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title A Note on Philippine Financial Openness
 
Creator Tan III, Jose Antonio
Paderanga, Jr., Cayetano
 
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Description In 1991, the Philippine launched a series of foreign exchange reforms, which partially opened the capital account. These set of reforms, if completed, will result in the financial integration of the economy with the global financial markets, thus, would complete the sequence of liberalization and integration. This study examines the degree of financial integration of the Philippines with the international economy. In particular, two questions are to be answered. First, how financially integrated is the Philippines with the rest of the world? And, second, how has foreign exchange liberalization contributed to Philippine financial openness? Philippine financial openness is examined using the gross capital flow ratio, the Feldstein-Horioka regressions, and variations of tests based on uncovered interest parity. While the result confirms the substantial increase in gross capital flows, evidence using investment-saving correlation and arbitrage tests suggests that the degree of financial openness is still low. The empirical evidence also suggests that capital account liberalization has not contributed much to financial integration.
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 1998-06-20
 
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/79
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 35, No 1 (1998)
1655-1516
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/79/510
 
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