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Gian M Milesi-Ferretti, Enrica Detragiache, A. J. Tweedie, Michael Mussa, Barry J. Eichengreen, and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia. Liberalizing Capital Movements: Some Analytical Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper addresses the potential gains and risks of open capital markets by first looking at what classical economic theory suggests aboutthe benefits of capital mobility and then examining the counterargumentsarising from problems of incomplete information and other distortions.It shows that the risks of removing controls on flows of capital acrossnational borders are similar to those associated with removing controlson domestic financial institutions. The paper then explores how to manageliberalization to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital account, Capital account liberalization, Capital flows, Financial crises, Financial sector policy and analysis, Moral hazard

Keywords: Adverse selection, Asia and Pacific, Capital account, Capital account liberalization, Capital flows, EI, Financial market, Global, Investment risk, Liberalization, Liberalization of capital outflow, Market discipline, Market liberalization, Market movement, Market participant, Moral hazard

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    19

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Economic Issues No. 2005/002

  • Stock No:

    EIIEA017

  • ISBN:

    9781557757920

  • ISSN:

    1020-5098