This paper studies the effect of currency depreciation on the output level in four Latin American countries. An empirical model that includes monetary, fiscal and exchange rate variables is developed. Two versions of this model, one with real exchange rate and another with nominal exchange rate...

A commonly encountered problem in empirical research involves the choices researchers have to make with respect to data, research methodologies, and/or econometric estimation techniques. In many cases researchers are having to make these choices with less than perfect information. In such cases,...