Codes for the article “Evolution of the financial policy framework in the Middle East and North Africa over the last 35 years”

These codes use the original sources of data to add in replicating the JBR article. It uses data from Chinn and Ito 2006, Fernandez et al. 2016, Alam et al 2019, Laeven and Valencia 2020, to document financial crises and macroprudential policies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) relative to other countries.

References
Alam, Z., A. Alter, J. Eiseman, G. Gelos, H. Kang, M. Narita, E. Nier and N. Wang (2019), "Digging Deeper-Evidence on the Effects of Macroprudential Policies from a New Database," IMF WP/19/66.
Chinn, M. and H. Ito (2006), "What matters for financial development? Capital controls, institutions, and interactions," Journal of Development Economics, 81(1), 163-192.
Fernandez, A., M. Klein, A. Rebucci, M. Schindler and M. Uribe (2016), "Capital Control Measures: A New Dataset," IMF Economic Review, 64(3), 548-574.
Laeven, L. and F. Valencia (2020), "Systemic Banking Crises Database II," IMF Economic Review, 68(2), 307-361.