Capital Controls and the Cost of Debt

By Eugenia Andreasen, Martin Schindler, Patricio A Valenzuela

June 9, 2017

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Eugenia Andreasen, Martin Schindler, and Patricio A Valenzuela. Capital Controls and the Cost of Debt, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2017) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

Using a panel data set for international corporate bonds and capital account restrictions in advanced and emerging economies, we show that restrictions on capital inflows produce a substantial and economically meaningful increase in corporate bond spreads. A number of heterogeneities suggest that the effect of capital controls on inflows is particularly strong for more financially constrained firms, establishing a novel channel through which capital controls affect economic outcomes. By contrast, we do not find a robust significant effect of restrictions on outflows.

Subject: Balance of payments, Bonds, Capital account, Capital controls, Corporate bonds, Financial institutions, Financial services, Yield curve

Keywords: Bond, Bond market market capitalization, Bonds, Capital account, Capital account, Capital account restriction, Capital controls, Control, Corporate bonds, Debt capital, Firm, Global, Market illiquidity, Operating income, Risk diversification, Short-term debt, WP, Yield curve

Publication Details

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26
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Working Paper No. 2017/135
Stock No:

WPIEA2017135
ISBN:

9781484303313
ISSN:

1018-5941

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