Capital Account Liberalization as a Signal
Capital Account Liberalization as a Signal
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资本账户自由化作为信号
DOI:
10.3386/w5725
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
Allan Drazen
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作者:
Leonardo Bartolini;Allan Drazen
We present a model in which a government's current capital controls policy signals future policies. Controls on capital outflows evolve in response to news on technology, conditional on government attitudes towards taxation of capital. When there is uncertainty over government types, a policy of liberal capital outflows sends a favorable signal that may trigger a capital inflow. This prediction is consistent with the experience of several countries that have liberalized their capital account