This paper examines the distributional impact of capital account liberalization. Using panel data for 149 countries from 1970 to 2010, we find that, on average, capital account liberalization reforms increase inequality and reduce the labor share of income in the short and medium term. We also...

We evaluate the claim that the International Monetary Fund precipitated financial crises during the 1990s by pressuring countries to liberalize their capital accounts prematurely. Using data from a panel of developing economies from the 1982-1998 period, we examine whether the changes in the...

How does capital account liberalization impact on firm employment? Using a firm level panel data set that covers over 60 countries between 1982 and 2014, we find a statistically significant effect of capital account liberalization on firm employment. The magnitude of the impact is economically...