Are Capital Controls and Central Bank Intervention Effective?

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
625
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
F31, F32, E58, C52
Palabras clave: 
Capital controls (Tobin tax), Central bank intervention, GARCH regression model of the exchange rate return, effectiveness.

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