Dilemma Not Trilemma? Capital Controls and Exchange Rates with Volatile Capital Flows

Emmanuel Farhi and Iván Werning

IMF Economic Review, 2014, vol. 62, issue 4, 569-605

Abstract: The paper considers a standard New Keynesian model of a small open economy with nominal rigidities and studies optimal capital controls. Consistent with the Mundellian view, it finds that the exchange rate regime is key. However, in contrast with the Mundellian view, the paper finds that capital controls are desirable even when the exchange rate is flexible. Optimal capital controls lean against the wind and help smooth out capital flows.

Date: 2014
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