资本市场与国际收支:来自工业化国家的经验数据

本文从理论和经验上论证了资本市场与国际收支的关系。通过分析18个工业化国家的经验数据得出:一国如果拥有一个发达的资本市场,往往吸引较多的国外资金通过证券投资大量流入,引起资本账户顺差,与之同时往往伴随着经常账户逆差。这一结论的政策含义是:发达的资本市场是一国合理利用外资的一个重要前提;与之同时,发达的资本市场可能是一国国际收支平衡过程中实现自我调节的缓冲器。我国多年来一直保持资本账户巨额顺差,但主要是通过FDI实现的,这种格局的形成也与我国资本市场的缺陷有关。对我国而言,建设一个发达的资本市场对我国国际收支管理有着多方面的积极意义。

Capital Market and Balance of Payments: Evidence from 18 Industrial Countries

This paper researches the relationship between capital market and balance of payments. The panel data of 18 industrial countries reveals that large capital inflows to a country that have developed capital market through portfolio investment, and then causes surplus of capital account and deficit of current account. So, a developed capital market is an important precondition for using foreign capital reasonably in developing country. Moreover, a developed capital market is an automatic stabilizer for realizi...