Capital Controls in the 21st Century

Barry Eichengreen and Andrew Rose

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2014, vol. 48, issue PA, 1-16

Abstract: Governments have rarely imposed or removed capital controls in response to short-term fluctuations in output, the terms of trade, or financial-stability considerations. We show empirically that controls on the international flow of financial capital are highly durable, often remaining in place for decades; their duration is striking compared with related phenomena such as exchange rate regimes. This represents a challenge to any proposed use of capital controls as an instrument of macroeconomic and macro-prudential management, since we have little experience in using capital controls at high- or medium frequencies. Any new policy initiative mandating frequent shifts in controls will be based on theory rather than data-driven experience.

Keywords: Data; International; Financial; Duration; Persistence; Durability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 G15 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.08.001

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