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The Effectiveness Of Capital Controls On Capital Inflows In Emerging Markets, Kathleen A. Davis
The Effectiveness Of Capital Controls On Capital Inflows In Emerging Markets, Kathleen A. Davis
Honors Theses
Capital flows have become increasingly more volatile over the past
decade, causing growing concern in emerging markets over the potential damages
large sudden capital inflows and outflows can cause those economies. Capital
controls have been used since World War I as a way to try to control these flows.
After being abolished nearly everywhere, they have recently been reintroduced in
a number of countries. The main analysis of this paper looks at the effect of the
capital controls on capital inflows from 2000 through 2010 in an 8 country sample
of emerging markets who have recently implemented changes in their …