CAPITAL FLIGHT: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

Year 2009, Volume: 27 Issue: 1, 73 - 94, 01.07.2009

A. Yasemin Yalta

Abstract

Sermaye kaçışı büyüme ve kalkınma için çoğu zaman yeterli
finansal kaynaklardan yoksun bulunan gelişmekte olan ülkelerin önemli
sorunlarından biridir. Bu yazıdaki amacımız, sermaye kaçışının tanımı ve
ölçülmesi ile ilgili kavramsal ve metodolojik sorunları değerlendirmek ve
sermaye kaçışının sebepleri ve bunun diğer değişkenler ile arasındaki ilişkisi
üzerine yapılmış bazı ampirik çalışmaları özetleyerek literatürdeki
eksiklikleri belirlemeye çalışmaktır.

Keywords

Sermaye kaçışı, yerleşik sermaye çıkışı, sermaye çıkışı

CAPITAL FLIGHT: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

Abstract

Capital flight is one of the most important problems for
developing countries which often lack the necessary financial resources to
promote growth and development. In this paper, we aim to evaluate the
conceptual and methodological problems related with the definition and
measurement of capital flight and summarize the main findings of some of the
empirical studies on the determinants of capital flight and its associations
with other variables in an attempt to identify the research gaps in the
existing literature.

Keywords

Capital flight, resident capital outflows, capital outflows

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