(OCC28) Use and Liberalisation of Capital Controls: Country Experiences and Issues by R. Barry Johnston and Jorge Ivan Canales-Kriljenko

This paper reviews the issues involved in the use and liberalisation of capital controls as experienced by some of the IMF member countries. Apart from reviewing the nature and scope of capital controls it delves into the theoretical considerations in the use of capital controls speed and sequencing of capital account liberalisation in the crisis-hit economies of Indonesia Korea and Thailand. Lastly it examines the crucial role of prudential regulation and a consistent monetary and exchange rate policy in the sequencing of liberalisation.

Author(s): R. Barry Johnston and Jorge Ivan Canales-Kriljenko

Pages: 105

Published Date: 1 January 1999

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