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Title: Are Capital Controls in the Foreign Exchange Market Effective?

Author(s): Stefan Straetmans, Roald Versteeg and Christian C Wolff

Publication Date: February 2008

Keyword(s): Capital controls, Exchange Rates, Forward premia, Interest differentials and Monetary freedom

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics and International Macroeconomics

Abstract: One of the reasons for governments to use capital controls is to obtain some degree of monetary independence. This paper investigates the link between capital controls and interest differentials/ forward premia. This to test whether they can indeed give governments the power to drive exchange rates away from parity conditions. Two capital control variables are constructed in addition to the standard IMF capital control dummy. These variables are used to determine the date of capital account liberalization in a panel of Western European as well as emerging countries. Results show that capital controls do not give governments extra monetary freedom. There is even some evidence that capital controls decrease the level of monetary freedom governments enjoy for a number of countries.

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Straetmans, S, Versteeg, R and Wolff, C. 2008. 'Are Capital Controls in the Foreign Exchange Market Effective?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6727