Metadata record for Capital Control Policy Changes, 1951-1998

Capital Control Policy Changes, 1951-1998 Rector, Chad Kastner, Scott L. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2004-04-28 3932 doi://10.3886/ICPSR03932.v1

This collection measures capital control policy changes using the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) yearly summary of each member state's financial regulations. In the country reports each year, the IMF describes and dates all significant changes in each state's regulations on trade, payments, and capital movement policies. The IMF's written descriptions for each reported change in each country were converted into a set of numeric variables. The survey covered 19 parliamentary democracies that have been continuously democratic since 1951, the first year for which the IMF reported regulatory changes. Since this collection focuses on investment capital, it does not include regulatory changes relating to tourist allocations or payments for services. The date of each regulatory change is included as well as dummy variables which measure whether the change, based on IMF descriptions, was restricting or liberalizing.

UniverseScheme03932 IDRC.II ICPSR.VIII.B.2 democracy economic policy international economics international organizations international trade market economy parliamentary governments trade policy Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Global 1951 1998 Events reporting capital control policy changes event/transaction data Nineteen countries from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. International Monetary Fund's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 1999 1999

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