Volatility and Criteria of Different Actors for Channelling Flows Into and Out of Countries

Abstract

This chapter will have two main objectives and sections. First, it will examine the crucial discussion of whether certain types of institutions’ assets and flows are likely to be more or less volatile than others. Just as we distinguish between more short-term and long-term flows, can we distinguish between more volatile sources of flows? Secondly, we will look both at the process of decision-making by different investors, and at the criteria with which different institutions (in different countries) decide to move money in and out of countries.