While new conventional wisdom warns that developing countries should be aware of the risks of premature capital account liberalization, the costs of not removing exchange controls have received much less attention. This paper investigates the negative effects of exchange controls on trade. To...

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Paradoxes of International Capital Flows -- III. The Model -- IV. Aggregation and Equilibrium Conditions -- V. Comparative Statics -- VI. Free Trade and Capital Flows -- VII. Conclusions -- Appendix: Proofs.