The Impact of Gray-Listing on Capital Flows: An Analysis Using Machine Learning

Author/Editor:

Mizuho Kida ; Simon Paetzold

Publication Date:

May 27, 2021

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The Financial Action Task Force’s gray list publicly identifies countries with strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes (i.e., in their policies to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism). How much gray-listing affects a country’s capital flows is of interest to policy makers, investors, and the Fund. This paper estimates the magnitude of the effect using an inferential machine learning technique. It finds that gray-listing results in a large and statistically significant reduction in capital inflows.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2021/153

Subject:

Frequency:

regular

English

Publication Date:

May 27, 2021

ISBN/ISSN:

9781513582436/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2021153

Pages:

37

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