LEADER 03073nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910464573803321 005 20181112190727.0 010 $a1-4623-6088-2 010 $a1-4527-5113-7 010 $a1-283-51148-7 010 $a1-4519-1025-8 010 $a9786613823939 035 $a(CKB)3360000000443387 035 $a(EBL)1608457 035 $a(OCoLC)568151181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1608457 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000443387 100 $a20090807d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 10$aCollateral damage$b[electronic resource] $eexchange controls and international trade /$fprepared by Shang-Jin Wei and Zhiwei Zhang 210 $a[Washington, D.C.] $cInternational Monetary Fund$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (41 p.) 225 1 $aIMF working paper ;$vWP/07/8 300 $a"January 2007." 311 $a1-4518-6572-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 14-15). 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Exchange Controls: Some Basic Patterns; 1. Evolutions of Restriction Indices; 1a. Summary Statistics for Restriction Indices; 1b. Correlations of the Control Indices, Tariff, and NTB Index; 2. Control Indices in Selected Countries; III. Statistical Analysis; 2. Benchmark Regressions; 3. Adding Time-varying Price Indices; 4. Developing Countries; 5. Additional Controls: Corruption and Trade Openness; 6. Finer Classification of Exchange Controls; 7. Emerging Market Economies during 1996-99; IV. Concluding Remarks 327 $a1. Exchange Controls: Source, Measurement, and Indices 2. List of Countries in the Sample; References; Footnotes 330 $aWhile new conventional wisdom warns that developing countries should be aware of the risks of premature capital account liberalization, the costs of not removing exchange controls have received much less attention. This paper investigates the negative effects of exchange controls on trade. To minimize evasion of controls, countries often intensify inspections at the border and increase documentation requirements. Thus, the cost of conducting trade rises. The paper finds that a one standard-deviation increase in the controls on trade payment has the same negative effect on trade as an increase 410 0$aIMF working paper ;$vWP/07/8. 606 $aForeign exchange$xLaw and legislation 606 $aInternational trade 606 $aBalance of payments 606 $aNon-tariff trade barriers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aForeign exchange$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aInternational trade. 615 0$aBalance of payments. 615 0$aNon-tariff trade barriers. 676 $a343.032 700 $aWei$b Shang-Jin$0118987 701 $aZhang$b Zhiwei$f1974-$0974661 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund.$bResearch Dept. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464573803321 996 $aCollateral damage$92219457 997 $aUNINA