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The Welfare Cost Of Capital Immobility And Capital Controls
Makin, Anthony J. and Robson, Alexander (2002) The Welfare Cost Of Capital Immobility And Capital Controls. Discussion Paper No 318, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
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Makin, Anthony J.
Robson, Alexander
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The Welfare Cost Of Capital Immobility And Capital Controls
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School of Economics
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The University of Queensland
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Discussion Paper No 318
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2002-11-01
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340203 Finance Economics
340210 Welfare Economics
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This paper examines the macroeconomic welfare effects of interest risk premia and controls that limit international capital mobility. Using extended loanable funds analysis, it first
demonstrates how perfect capital mobility maximises national income, contrary to a prevalent view that it is inimical to economic welfare. As a corollary, the analysis then shows that capital
controls, irrespective of their form, generally reduce national income and economic welfare by widening real cross-border interest differentials. Capital controls in the form of quantitative
controls, such as the Chilean unremunerated reserve requirement system, and explicit taxes on foreign investment flows impose similar welfare losses. However, quantitative controls are relatively
more costly than options to tax capital flows, due to revenue effects.
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Capital mobility
Capital controls
Foreign investment
National income
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