Front Matter Page
Strategy, Policy, and Review Department
Contents
Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Methodology and Comparison
III. Stylized Facts on De Jure Capital Account Openness
IV. De Facto Flows vs. De Jure Capital Account Openness
V. Concluding Remarks
Tables
1. Types of Assets in the Capital Account and their Sub-components
2. Correlation of Wang-Jahan Index with Other Capital Account Openness Indices
3. Correlation between Components of Capital Account Liberalization
4. Regional Differences in Capital Account Openness
Figures
1. Layout of Annual Report on Exchange Arrangement and Exchange Restriction
2. A Comparison of the Indices across Common Countries
3. Capital Account Liberalization Index Across Income Groups
4. Capital Account Openness by Subcategories
5. Overall Capital Account Liberalization Index, 2000 vs. 2013
6. De facto Capital Flows and De jure Capital Account Openness
Annex Table 1. List of Countries Covered in the Wang-Jahan Database
Annex Table 2. Countries Classified as Gate/Walls/Open
Annex. Definition of the Asset Types in the Capital Account
References