Collateral damage: Exchange controls and international trade

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 841-863

  Wei, Shang Jin ^a,b   Zhang, Zhiwei ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital account liberalization; Capital controls; Non tariff barriers; Trade flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250309263     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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