Too much of a good thing: The macroeconomic effects of taxing capital inflows

Reinhart, Carmen and Smith, R. Todd (1998): Too much of a good thing: The macroeconomic effects of taxing capital inflows. Published in: Managing Capital Flows and Exchange Rates (1998): pp. 436-464.

Abstract

In addition to altering fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policies in response to the surge in international capital inflows in the early 1990s,policy makers in many countries in ASIa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America have resorted to measures to control capital inflows.We provide a preliminary assessment of the effects of some of the macroeconomic effects of these policies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: capital controls capital inflows reserve requirements taxes
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F20 - General; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F30 - General

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