IMF Staff Papers, Volume 57, No. 2 »
Journal Issue
Volume: 57
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 June 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589069121.024
ISBN: 9781589069121
Keywords: financial liberalization, financial sector, reserve requirements, interest rate controls, financial reforms
This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms covering 91 economies over 1973-2005. It describes the content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an ind...