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Managing the Capital Account

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  • Sebastián Edwards

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the emerging and transition economies’ experience with capital account convertibility, capital account management and capital controls. Overall, the analysis suggests that policies aiming at controlling capital flows have been less effective—in terms of helping achieve their objectives—than claimed by their supporters. An econometric analysis also suggests that restricting capital mobility does not reduce the probability of experiencing a current account reversal. On the other hand, the degree of financial openness does not appear to be related to the intensity with which reversals affect real economic performance.

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  • Sebastián Edwards, 2005. "Managing the Capital Account," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 338, Central Bank of Chile.
    • Handle: RePEc:chb:bcchwp:338
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    2. Edwards, Sebastian, 2003. "Review of Joseph E. Stiglitz's Globalization and its Discontents: (W.W. Norton, New York and London)," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(1), pages 252-257, February.
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    5. Sebastian Edwards, 2000. "Interest Rates, Contagion and Capital Controls," NBER Working Papers 7801, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    7. Glick,Reuven (ed.), 1998. "Managing Capital Flows and Exchange Rates," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521623230.
    8. Sebastian Edwards, 2004. "Financial Openness, Sudden Stops, and Current-Account Reversals," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(2), pages 59-64, May.
    9. Sebastian Edwards, 1999. "How Effective Are Capital Controls?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 13(4), pages 65-84, Fall.
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    12. Sebastian Edwards, 2004. "Thirty Years of Current Account Imbalances, Current Account Reversals, and Sudden Stops," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 51(s1), pages 1-49, June.
    13. Sebastian Edwards, 2004. "Thirty Years of Current Account Imbalances, Current Account Reversals and Sudden Stops," NBER Working Papers 10276, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    14. Guillermo A. Calvo, 2003. "Explaining Sudden Stops, Growth Collapse and BOP Crises: The Case of Distortionary Output Taxes," NBER Working Papers 9864, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    15. Sebastian Edwards & Raul Susmel, 2003. "Interest-Rate Volatility in Emerging Markets," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(2), pages 328-348, May.
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