Year: 2005
Type: report
Abstract: In this paper I use a broad multi-country data set to analyze the relationship between restrictions to capital mobility and external crises.The analysis focuses on two manifestations of external crises:(a) sudden stops of capital inflows; and (b) current account reversals.I deal with two important policy-related issues: First, does the extent of capital mobility affect countries' degree of vulnerability to external crises; and second, does the extent of capital mobility determine the depth of external crises as measured by the decline in growth -once the crises occur?Overall, my results cast some doubts on the assertion that increased capital mobility has caused heightened macroeconomic vulnerabilities.I find no systematic evidence suggesting that countries with higher capital mobility tend to have a higher incidence of crises, or tend to face a higher probability of having a crisis, than countries with lower mobility.My results do suggest, however, that once a crisis occurs, countries with higher capital mobility may face a higher cost, in terms of growth decline.
DOI: 10.3386/w11170
Author: Sebastian Edwards
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1553652602