The purpose of this document is to discuss, from the monetary point of view, the long run effects of a fixed exchange rate regime on prices and interest rates. We develop a partial equilibrium model for the monetary sector of a small open economy in which we link fixed exchange rate to the...

This article presents a brief review of the literature on the effect of supermarkets on productivity, employment, the survival of small retailers, prices, and competition in retailing. The following stylized facts emerge: (1) the retail sector has undergone a major concentration around the...

The article presents a study of the purchasing power of wages in the Spanish economy during the last decade. We distinguish between purchasing power and the investment power, and we build an indicator of total purchasing power of salaries. The study is developped by NACE activity sections and...

The prices of most commodities have been rising steadily for more than four years. This phenomenon, which has been taking place for a longer period than usual, has been favourable to several countries and economic sectors. Many economies based on the primary sector have been suddenly benefited...

In order to predict the inflation of Chile, we considered multivariate time series models and contrast the precision and predictive stability.

This paper estimates short run and long run coefficients of exchange rate pass through in to the prices of tradable and non-tradable goods in Costa Rica. The coefficients are estimated by OLS. A VAR analysis is conducted in order to estimate the dynamic process between exchange rate and...

In this article we examined and tested the effects of monetary policy driven by Central Bank of Chile over the Chilean stock market’s real returns for monthly data which spans between I.1996 and XII.2006. Based on a theoretical background, we analyzed the monetary policy from the monetarist...

This work tries to explain, by means of Phillips's curve (in a simple model), the relation that exists between inflation and rate of unemployment in the period from 1993 to 2006, in addition estimates the natural rate of unemployment for the above mentioned period, here evidence appears in...