Political economy capital controls.

• Main Author: Lee, Kenneth Tze Chui.
• Other Authors: J. Soedradjad Djiwandono
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14477
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper studies the economic and political determinants of capital controls. I address two questions. One, I examine whether the prevalence of capital controls is related to a number of economic and political variables. From a public finance point of view, capital controls permit the maintenance...