Malaysian Capital Controls : Macroeconomics and Institutions

Malaysian Capital Controls : Macroeconomics and Institutions / Tamirisa, Natalia T.

We analyze the capital controls imposed in Malaysia in September 1998. In macroeconomic terms, these controls neither yielded major benefits nor were costly. At the same time, the stock market interpreted the capital controls (and associated events) as favoring firms with stronger political connecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tamirisa, Natalia T.
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Johnson, Simon, Kochhar, Kalpana, Mitton, Todd
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper no. 06/51.
Subjects:
Capital movements > Government policy > Malaysia.
Financial crises > Asia.
Stocks > Malaysia.
Capital movements > Government policy
Financial crises
Stocks
Asia
Malaysia
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF CAPITAL CONTROLS AND MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
  • III. MACROECONOMIC ISSUES
  • IV. FIRM- LEVEL EVIDENCE
  • V. CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX I. Coding of Firms
  • REFERENCES

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