Capital flight: Meanings and measures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Capital flight – the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries – often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital due to its scarcity. This situation is often reversed, however, with capital fleeing poorer countries for wealthier, capital-abundant locales. Using a common methodology for a set of case studies on the size, causes and consequences of capital flight in developing countries, the contributors address the extent of capital flight, its effects, and what can be done to reverse it.
Recommended Citation
Beja, E. (2005). Capital flight: Meanings and measures. In G. Epstein (Ed). Capital Flight and Capital Controls in Developing Countries, 58-82. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
