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International Capital Movements

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The Frontiers of Development Studies

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International capital movements are normally registered in the capital account of the balance of payments. Table 10.1 illustrates some of the items entered on both sides of the account.

I am grateful to Sir Roy Harrod, Dr Keith Griffin, Mr Vijay Joshi, Professor Walter Newlyn, Mr Akbar Noman and Mrs Frances Stewart for valuable comments and help.

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References

  1. Lloyd A. Metzler, ‘The Transfer Problem Reconsidered’, chap. 8 in Readings in the Theory of International Trade, ed. Howard S. Ellis and Lloyd A. Metzler (Homewood, Ill., 1949 ).

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  2. A. K. Caimcross, Home and Foreign Investment 1870–1913 (1953) p. 208.

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  3. Brinley Thomas, ‘The Historical Record of International Capital Movements to 1913’ in chap. 1 in Capital Movements and Economic Development edited by John H. Adler (1967) p. 19.

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Streeten, P. (1972). International Capital Movements. In: The Frontiers of Development Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05017-8_10

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