Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154011 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1578
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
In this paper, we conduct an analysis of the implications of capital controls for financial stability. We study a financial transaction (Tobin) tax applicable to cross-border capital flows in a multi-good, multi-country dynamic equilibrium model with incomplete financial markets and heterogeneous agents. The results derived from the model suggest that the impact of capital controls may vary considerably across market segments. In currency markets, capital controls reduce the volatility. However, in international stock markets, their introduction amplifies price movements, thus, increases the volatility; but it reduces a country's vulnerability to external shocks, thereby limiting spillover effects.
Subjects: 
Capital controls
financial stability
financial transaction (Tobin) tax
General Equilibrium
incomplete financial markets
JEL: 
F21
F31
G12
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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