The case for capital account liberalization has been the centre of outgoing debate. This paper discusses both the short term and longer term flows (FDI). This paper is divided into 5 sections. Section 1 presents the claims of neoclassical economists who believe that the case for free trade is...

This paper develops an adaptive learning model under uncertainty that examines evolution of capital account polices over time and across developing regions. In the framework, countries' past experiences and IMF programs influence policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account...

Three things happen when emerging economies open their stock markets to foreign investors. First, the aggregate dividend yield falls by 240 basis points. Second, the growth rate of the capital stock increases by an average of 1.1 percentage points per year. Third, the growth rate of output per...

Three things happen when emerging economies open their stock markets to foreign investors. First, the aggregate dividend yield falls by 240 basis points. Second, the growth rate of the capital stock increases by an average of 1.1 percentage points per year. Third, the growth rate of output per...

By adopting an identification strategy of difference-in-difference estimation combined with propensity score matching between liberalized and closed countries, this paper provides robust evidence that opening the capital account is associated with an increase in income inequality in developing...

The decade of the 1990s witnessed currency crises in all parts of the world - in Europe in 1992/2, in Latin America in 1994/5, in Asia in 1997/8 and in Russia and Brazil in 1998. The large economic costs resulting from the severe depreciation of the currencies in various episodes and general...