Did the Malaysian Capital Controls Work? / Ethan Kaplan, Dani Rodrik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Ethan.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Rodrik, Dani.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w8142.

NBER working paper series no. w8142

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2001.

Summary:

Malaysia recovered from the Asian financial crisis swiftly after the imposition of capital controls in September 1998. The fact that Korea and Thailand recovered in parallel has been interpreted as suggesting that capital controls did not play a significant role in facilitating Malaysia's rebound. However, the financial crisis was deepening in Malaysia in the summer of 1998, while it had significantly eased up in Korea and Thailand. We employ a time-shifted differences-in- differences technique to exploit the differences in the timing of the crises. Compared to IMF programs, we find that the Malaysian policies produced faster economic recovery, smaller declines in employment and real wages, and more rapid turnaround in the stock market.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2001.