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Real Exchange Rate Volatility and the Price of Nontradables in Sudden-Stop-Prone Economies

Mendoza, Enrique G. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper shows that the dominant view that the high variability of real exchange rates is due to movements in exchange rate-adjusted prices of tradable goods does not hold for Mexican data for periods with a managed exchange rate. The relative price of nontradables accounts for up to 70...

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Do Fixed Exchange Rates Induce More Fiscal Discipline?

Sun, Yan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Conventional wisdom has held that a fixed exchange rate regime induces more fiscal discipline, but Tornell and Velasco (1995, 1998) argue the opposite. Using a dynamic model with fragmented fiscal policymaking, this paper evaluates the two arguments in a single framework and shows that (1)...

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A Quantitative Examination of Current Account Dynamics in Equilibrium Models of Barter Economies

Mendoza, Enrique G. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992

subject to random shocks affecting endowments, the terms of trade, and the real interest rate. Equilibrium stochastic … mimics the Harberger-Laursen-Metzler effect, but cannot account for a countercyclical trade balance, the variability of the … real exchange rate, and the income elasticity of imports. The results also show that the correlation between the trade …

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