We assess the role of real and nominal shocks on the real exchange rate (RER) dynamics for a set of small open economies. In doing so, we estimate a SVAR model for five inflation targeting countries: Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel and Norway. In sharp contrast with the existing empirical...

In this paper we compare point and density forecasts generated by estimating AR and VAR models using disaggregated quarterly data of Chilean inflation. We motivate this comparison by our belief that, in the recent high inflation context, the use of the joint dynamics of the price index inflation...

This paper assesses empirically the contribution of key macroeconomic and institutional variables in shaping the likelihood of choosing the Inflation Targeting (IT) regime in a sample that comprises countries working under such a regime and covers the period 1975-2005. I find inflation rate,...