Kristin Forbes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5729170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristin Forbes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristin |
| FAMILY NAME | Forbes |
| SIGNATURE | FORBES K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bank of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Current Account Deficits During Heightened Risk
Large current account deficits, and the corresponding reliance on capital flows from abroad, can increase a country’s vulnerability to periods of heightened risk. We develop a framework to evaluate such vulnerabilities and clarify which characteristics of a country’s international investment portfolio determine whether a current account deficit is ‘menacing’ or ‘mitigating’. Financial factors, namely international investment income and valuation …
The Microeconomic Evidence on Capital Controls
Macroeconomic analyses of capital controls face a number of imposing challenges and have yielded mixed results to date.This paper takes a different approach and surveys an emerging literature that evaluates various microeconomic effects of capital controls and capital account liberalization.Several key themes emerge.First, capital controls tend to reduce the supply of capital, raise the cost of financing, and increase financial constraints -espec…
Current Account Deficits During Heightened Risk
Large current account deficits, and the corresponding reliance on capital flows from abroad, can increase a country’s vulnerability to periods of heightened risk. We develop a framework to evaluate such vulnerabilities and clarify which characteristics of a country’s international investment portfolio determine whether a current account deficit is ‘menacing’ or ‘mitigating’. Financial factors, namely international investment income and valuation …
The Microeconomic Evidence on Capital Controls
Macroeconomic analyses of capital controls face a number of imposing challenges and have yielded mixed results to date.This paper takes a different approach and surveys an emerging literature that evaluates various microeconomic effects of capital controls and capital account liberalization.Several key themes emerge.First, capital controls tend to reduce the supply of capital, raise the cost of financing, and increase financial constraints -espec…
The Microeconomic Evidence on Capital Controls
Macroeconomic analyses of capital controls face a number of imposing challenges and have yielded mixed results to date.This paper takes a different approach and surveys an emerging literature that evaluates various microeconomic effects of capital controls and capital account liberalization.Several key themes emerge.First, capital controls tend to reduce the supply of capital, raise the cost of financing, and increase financial constraints -espec…
Current Account Deficits During Heightened Risk
Large current account deficits, and the corresponding reliance on capital flows from abroad, can increase a country’s vulnerability to periods of heightened risk. We develop a framework to evaluate such vulnerabilities and clarify which characteristics of a country’s international investment portfolio determine whether a current account deficit is ‘menacing’ or ‘mitigating’. Financial factors, namely international investment income and valuation …
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Financial Crisis and Policies (2 works) · Monetary economics (2 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work) · Capital flows (1 work) · Current account (1 work) · Exchange rate (1 work) · Finance (1 work)