This paper uses three models of a small open economy to analyze the effects of terms of trade and exchange rate changes … factors model is developed and used to investigate how an exogenous worsening of the intern.ationa1 terms of trade affect …

contemplated a trade liberalization process that would create a low and uniform tariff structure. In this paper I review the …

that for most nations the adjustment has been highly recessive. Next, the potential role of trade reforms in securing the …

of volatility through time. We are particularly interested in understanding whether periods of high volatility spillover … across countries. Our analysis relies both on univariate and bivariate switching volatility models. Our results indicate that … high-volatility episodes are, in general, short-lived, lasting from two to seven weeks. We find some weak evidence of …

Current debates on globalization have tended to focus on financial market volatility and contagion. In fact, many … whether there has been volatility contagion from Mexico to the two South American nations. The results obtained from the … estimation of augmented GARCH equations indicate, quite strongly, that while there has been volatility contagion from Mexico to …

misalignment and overvaluation. The effects of terms of trade shocks on the equilibrium real exchange rate are also investigated …

-term real exchange rate variability; and more unstable external terms of trade also affected positively the degree of real …

, terms of trade changes and devaluations on the level of real output. The results obtained, using a variance components …