Capital Account Convertibility and Capital Controls in Emerging Market Countries
PROGRAM
November 6, 1998Martin Feldstein, Organizer
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6:
| 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | JAGDISH BHAGWATI, Columbia University |
| 9:15 AM | PAUL KRUGMAN, MIT and NBER
What is the Least Bad Exchange Regime? |
| 9:35 AM | MICHAEL DOOLEY, Federal Reserve System and NBER
Capital Controls and PrudentialRegulations |
| 10:00 AM | Discussion |
| 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | JEFFREY FRANKEL, Council of Economic Advisers and NBER
Proposals Regarding Restriction on Capital Flows |
| 11:05 AM | BARRY EICHENGREEN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
MICHAEL MUSSA, International Monetary Fund and NBER Another View of the Capital Controls-Prudential Regulation Nexus |
| 11:25 AM | Discussion |
| 12:00 N | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM | FELIPE LARRAIN, Harvard University
Is There a Role for Capital Controls? Lessons from Chile |
| 1:35 PM | CARMEN REINHART, University of Maryland
Do Capital Controls Influence the Volume and Composition of Capital Flows? Evidence from the 1990's |
| 1:55 PM | Discussion |
| 4:10 PM | Adjourn |
11/3/98