Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences


Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences
Sebastian Edwards, editor

The University of Chicago Press, 2007
Cloth: $99.00
688 pages
ISBN: 0-226-18497-8; 978-0-226-18497-5 (cloth)

Some chapters may have appeared as NBER Working Papers, which are preliminary versions of the published papers.

Table of Contents:

    Introduction, p. 1-15
    Sebastian Edwards

    I. Capital Controls in the Emerging Countries: Analytical Issues and Cross-Country Evidence

    1. Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions, p. 19-68
    Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych

      Comment: Gerd Häusler, p. 68-71

    2. Capital Controls, Sudden Stops, and Current Account Reversals, p. 73-113
    Sebastian Edwards

      Comment: Alan M. Taylor, p. 113-119

    3. Currency Mismatches, Debt Intolerance, and the Original Sin: Why They Are Not the Same and Why It Matters, p. 121-164
    Barry Eichengreen, Ricardo Hausmann and Ugo Panizza

      Comment: Joshua Aizenman, p. 164-169

    4. The Microeconomic Evidence on Capital Controls: No Free Lunch, p. 171-199
    Kristin J. Forbes

      Comment: Charles W. Calomiris, p. 199-202

    5. The International Exposure of U.S. Banks: Europe and Latin America Compared, p. 203-232
    Linda S. Goldberg

      Comment: Matías Braun, p. 232-237

    II. Country Studies

    6. International Borrowing, Capital Controls, and the Exchange Rate: Lessons from Chile, p. 241-296
    Kevin Cowan and José De Gregorio

    7. International Borrowing and Macroeconomic Performance in Argentina, p. 297-342
    Kathryn M. E. Dominguez and Linda L. Tesar

      Comment: Nicolas Magud, p. 342-348

    8. Capital Flows and Controls in Brazil: What Have We Learned? p. 349-419
    Ilan Goldfajn and André Minella

    9. The Chinese Approach to Capital Inflows: Patterns and Possible Explanations, p. 421-480
    Eswar Prasad and Shang-Jin Wei

    10. South Korea's Experience with International Capital Flows, p. 481-525
    Marcus Noland

      Comment: Gita Gopinath, p. 525-528

    11. Malaysian Capital Controls: Macroeconomics and Institutions, p. 529-570
    Simon Johnson, Kalpana Kochhar, Todd Mitton and Natalia Tamirisa

      Comment: Peter Blair Henry, p. 570-574

    12. Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Volatility: Singapore's Experience, p. 575-603
    Basant K. Kapur

      Comment: Anusha Chari, p. 603-607

    13. India's Experience with Capital Flows: The Elusive Quest for a Sustainable Current Account Deficit, p. 609-643
    Ajay Shah and Ila Patnaik

    14. Capital Controls: An Evaluation, p. 645-674
    Nicolas Magud and Carmen M. Reinhart