International Capital Transactions: Should They Be Restricted?
December 1, 1993
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Some prominent economists and officials contend that government restrictions should be used to limit international capital movements that are considered destabilizing. This paper briefly summarizes the recent usage of such restrictions, discusses their international acceptance and their theoretical justification, reviews recent empirical studies of their efficacy, and examines their efficacy in Ireland, Spain, and Portugal during the latter part of 1992. The conclusion is that such restrictions typically have no more than fleeting and minor success in attaining their objectives.
Subject: Balance of payments, Capital controls, Capital flows, Currencies, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Interbank rates, Money
Keywords: capital, capital control systems, Capital controls, capital controls encounter, Capital flows, capital surge, capital transactions, control, Currencies, destabilizing capital movement, Europe, Exchange rates, foreign exchange value, Interbank rates, Irish pound, market participant, PDP, Portuguese escudo, return
Pages:
42
Volume:
1993
DOI:
Issue:
020
Series:
Policy Discussion Paper No. 1993/020
Stock No:
PPIEA0201993
ISBN:
9781451963892
ISSN:
1564-5193
