Capital Account Liberalization, Institutions and Financial Development: Cross Country Evidence

44 Pages Posted: 30 May 2002 Last revised: 2 Jan 2022

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Menzie David Chinn

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Hiro Ito

Portland State University - Department of Economics

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Date Written: May 2002

Abstract

The empirical relationship between capital controls and the financial development of credit and equity markets is examined. We extend the literature on this subject along a number of dimensions. Specifically, we (1) investigate a substantially broader set of proxy measures of financial development; (2) create and utilize a new index based on the IMF measures of exchange restrictions that incorporates a measure of the intensity of capital controls; and (3) extend the previous literature by systematically examining the implications of institutional (legal) factors. The results suggest that the rate of financial development, as measured by private credit creation and stock market activity, is linked to the existence of capital controls. However, the strength of this relationship varies with the empirical measure used, and the level of development. These results also suggest that only in an environment characterized by a combination of a higher level of legal and institutional development will the link between financial openness and financial development be readily detectable. A disaggregated analysis indicates that in emerging markets the most important components of these legal factors are the levels of shareholder protection and of accounting standards.

Suggested Citation

Chinn, Menzie David and Ito, Hiro, Capital Account Liberalization, Institutions and Financial Development: Cross Country Evidence (May 2002). NBER Working Paper No. w8967, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=314638

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