Although theory suggests that the real exchange rate should depreciate after a credible trade liberalization but could appreciate temporarily with a noncredible one, little empirical evidence exists. Unlike existing studies that use either indirect tests or unreliable openness measures, this...

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...

Beginning in 1985 Italy embarked on a path of progressive removal of its system of controls on portfolio investment, a process formally completed with the abolition of all remaining restrictions in 1990. In this paper we review this policy of capital liberalization and integrate the analysis...

This paper examines the key characteristics of foreign exchange intervention by the Reserve Bank of Australia in the period 1983-1997. The effectiveness of intervention has come into question in view of the rapidly growing volume of trade in the markets. In the literature, tests of actual...

Целью данной статьи является рассмотрение форм валютных ограничений, целей и последствий их применения, а также проявления политики протекционизма (или...

This paper analyzes the monetary policy framework in Kazakhstan. The authorities have been successful in containing inflation in the context of a managed exchange rate regime. Over the past two years, the central bank has taken steps to enhance its ability to regulate liquidity in the financial...

The macroeconomic policy response in India after the North Atlantic financial crisis (NAFC) was rapid. The overshooting of the stimulus and its gradual withdrawal sowed seeds for inflationary and BoP pressures and growth slowdown, then exacerbated by domestic policy bottlenecks and volatility in...

Im September 2011 legte die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) eine Kursuntergrenze des Euro gegenüber dem Franken von 1,20 fest. Dieser Mindestkurs wurde im Januar 2015 überraschend aufgehoben. Nach Ansicht von Peter Bernholz, Universität Basel, sind die Folgen der Freigabe zurzeit noch nicht...