We examine the price behavior of firms when monetary authority announces measures that can be considered as capital account liberalization. In particular, we investigate the reaction of stock market to the announcement of the relaxation revocation of capital control in Thailand on January 29,...

The relationship between the announcement of the imposition of capital control and stock returns is examined across a sample of 32 technology firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), where capital control has been used as a means to prevent the appreciation of a currency (Thai...

In this paper we examine the cross-sectional effects of the announcement of the imposition of the unremunerated reserve requirement (URR) in Thailand on stock prices. We show that there are negative abnormal returns following the announcement of the imposition of the URR, and that the effect of...

Building upon a data set of publicly traded firms in Thailand, we find that the exposure of firms to exchange rate volatility appears to change during the period of capital account restrictions (in the form of the un-remunerated reserve requirement on capital inflows) between 2006-07. We also...