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Catching Up by ‘Deglobalizing’: Capital Account Policy and Economic Growth

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  • Paul Bergin
  • Woo Jin Choi
  • Ju H. Pyun

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While substantial empirical research has evaluated the question of whether capital account openness promotes economic growth, this paper finds empirical evidence for cases where the opposite is true—that a policy of capital controls can promote economic growth, when combined with a policy of reserve accumulation. Using panel data from 45 countries from 1985–2019, we find that capital controls combined with reserve accumulation—strategic capital account policy—contribute to growth in real GDP and TFP. This effect is stronger for emerging markets and prior to the global financial crisis. We show that the policy is strongly associated with enlarging the scale of the manufacturing sector and productivity, and is consistent with theories of learning-by-doing through exporting.

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  • Paul Bergin & Woo Jin Choi & Ju H. Pyun, 2023. "Catching Up by ‘Deglobalizing’: Capital Account Policy and Economic Growth," NBER Working Papers 30944, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30944
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    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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