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Effectiveness of Capital Controls: Evidence from Thailand. Asian Development Review, Vol. 29(2), pp. 50-93

dc.contributor.authorJuthathip Jongwanich
dc.contributor.authorArchanun Kohpaiboon
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-24T13:13:27Z
dc.date.available2015-01-24T13:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-27T13:13:27Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/1639
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effectiveness of capital account policies in Thailand during the period 1993–2010. Our results show that policies toward capital account liberalization tend to be more effective than those toward capital account restriction in changing the volume of capital flows. The composition of capital flows also matters for the effectiveness of policy measures. When capital restrictions were introduced in the late 2000s, our results show that there was a switching effect from more capital restricted asset classes toward less restricted ones. This study also finds that the central bank did not gain more monetary autonomy from introducing capital inflow restrictions. However, such restrictions, both inflows and outflows (liability side), could help limit the fluctuations in the nominal exchange rate, especially relative to the US dollar in 2000–2010.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.titleEffectiveness of Capital Controls: Evidence from Thailand. Asian Development Review, Vol. 29(2), pp. 50-93
dc.typeJournals
dc.subject.adbCapital
dc.subject.adbLiberalization
dc.subject.adbEconomic
dc.subject.adbCapital flows; Exchange rates
dc.subject.adbEconomic policy
dc.title.seriesAsian Development Review
dc.title.volumeVolume 29, Number 2, pp. 50-93
dc.contributor.imprintAsian Development Bank
oar.themeFinance
oar.identifierOAR-002541
oar.authorJongwanich, Juthathip
oar.authorKohpaiboon, Archanun
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