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Determinants Of Capital Flight In Pakistan

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  • Basheer Ahmed
  • Qaim Din Sahto

    (Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan)

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Purpose This study investigates the relationship between Capital Flight CF and its Determinants Foreign Direct Investment FDI, External Debt ED, Exchange Rate ER, Foreign Reserves FR, Gross Domestic Product GDP growth, and Inflation I.Methodology/Sample CF from Pakistan is measured through the residual method which is the mostly used method in the literature.This method uses changes in ED, net FDI, Current Account Surplus CAS and changes in the FR to calculate the CF for the period of 1971 to 2011.Findings The results of the study show that there exist relationship between CF and its determinants in the long run whereas no relationship is found in the short run.Practical Implications CF refers to the condition when money, investment, funds and assets rapidly fly out of country due to economic and political events that discourage and cause individual investors and companies to lose their confidence in the host country and its economic and political conditions.

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  • Basheer Ahmed & Qaim Din Sahto, 2015. "Determinants Of Capital Flight In Pakistan," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 11(2), pages 55-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:aib:ibtjbs:v:11:y:2015:i:2:p:55-64
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2015.112.5
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