Capital account regulation in Brazil: an assessment of the 2009-2013 period

Brazil was one of the emerging countries that had a stronger trend of currency appreciation from the 2nd quarter of 2009 to July 2011. Under this context that can be understood the implementation of capital account regulation (CAR) after 2009, which was complemented with another kind of regulation,...

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Autores: Magalhães Prates, Daniela, de Paula, Luiz Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/108
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/108
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Liberalização da conta de capital
controles de capitais
economia brasileira
Capital account liberalization
capital controls
Brazilian economy
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Sumario:Brazil was one of the emerging countries that had a stronger trend of currency appreciation from the 2nd quarter of 2009 to July 2011. Under this context that can be understood the implementation of capital account regulation (CAR) after 2009, which was complemented with another kind of regulation, the so-called FX Derivatives Regulation (FXDR). This paper shows that only when Brazilian government adopted these two kinds of regulations simultaneously, the policy effectiveness increased in terms of protecting the Brazilian currency from upward pressures. Brazilian experience also highlights that it is not possible to establish a hierarchy between temporary instruments to manage capital flows and permanent prudential measures, as supported by the IMF current approach. JEL Classification: F31; F32; F53,