Capital Controls and Trade Liberalization in a Monetary Economy

March 1, 1999

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B. Jang Capital Controls and Trade Liberalization in a Monetary Economy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

This paper reexamines Aizenman’s (1985) results on the effects of capital controls during unanticipated trade liberalization using an intertemporal optimizing monetary model. Unlike in Aizenman’s model, which is based on the currency substitution model, foreign money is an interest-bearing asset in this paper, and its major role is to smooth intertemporal consumption. With this modification, Aizenman’s results are reversed, thus showing that the effects of capital controls during trade liberalization would vary greatly depending on the role of foreign money in a country. The effects of an anticipated trade liberalization are also studied.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital controls, Consumption, Demand for money, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, International trade, Money, National accounts, Trade liberalization

Keywords: Capital Controls, Capital mobility, Consumption, Current account, Current account adjustment, Demand for money, Exchange rates, Liberalization policy, Money balance, Trade Liberalization, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

24
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1999/024
Stock No:

WPIEA0241999
ISBN:

9781451844122
ISSN:

1018-5941

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