In this work we extend a De Jure measure of capital account restrictions, previously assembled by Miniane (2004) for 34 economies, to a set of 181 countries for the period 1996-2005. Additionally, having in mind the pitfalls of this indicator, we propose two new measures. The first excludes...

En el periodo reciente el precio del cobre ha mostrado una marcada tendencia alcista y una alta volatilidad, que han estado acompañadas por un incremento en la participación de agentes no comerciales o especuladores. Las compras de estos agentes pasaron de representar cerca de 25% del total de...

In this work we extend a De Jure measure of capital account restrictions, previously assembled by Miniane (2004) for 34 economies, to a set of 181 countries for the period 1996-2005. Additionally, having in mind the pitfalls of this indicator, we propose two new measures. The first excludes...