Abstract
In spite of the concept of capital flight history based on the previous year the emergence of the science of
economics, it is seen that there is no consensus about its’ defining and measurement. The causes of differences
in definition and measurement of capital flight are the determinants of capital is based on which the capital
outflows is consideredas capital flight and the determinants ofcapital flight is considered to differ with respect
to the countries and time. However, when the economic literature is analyzed the World Bank ( 1985) , which
is derived from this method, Morgan Guaranty (1985), Cline (1985) , Dooley (1986) and hot money (1986)
methods are seen as widely used. This study aims to examine the concept of capital flight and its’ measurement
methods.