Dornbusch’s exchange rate overshooting hypothesis (1976) is a central building block in international macroeconomics. This paper analyzes the effects of monetary and other macroeconomic shocks on the real exchange rate in the case of a small economy like Argentina. The paper uses SVAR models...

Dornbusch’s exchange rate overshooting hypothesis (1976) is a central building block in international macroeconomics. This paper analyzes the effects of monetary and other macroeconomic shocks on the real exchange rate in the case of a small economy like Argentina. The paper uses SVAR models...

This paper presents an extension of the model proposed by Bernanke and Mihov (1998), which includes financial dollarization, in order to estimate the effects of monetary policy in Peru for the period 1995-2009. The results show that the effects of monetary policy in a dollarized economy are...

El documento pasa revista a cinco posibles alternativas cambiarias que podrían contemplar las autoridades en el momento actual. La primera es seguir con el actual status quo. Una segunda alternativa es la dolarización unilateral. La tercera es dar más mandatos al Banco de México. Una cuarta...

Spanish Abstract: La tendencia observada desde 1998a la desinflación mundial y a que lasinflaciones nacionalesse estabilicenen niveles bajos obedece al comportamiento de la inflación de Estados Unidos. Esto es lo que podemos decir a la luz de resultados econométricos con cifras de frecuencia...

In 1980, Venezuelan income per capita in dollars was 1.4 times higher than that of Colombia, but in 2007, this ratio was reversed and the Colombian income was 1.1 higher than that of Venezuela. This result deserves an explanation, as both countries made similar structural reforms to allow a free...

Spanish Abstract: La economía venezolana ha experimentado cambios notables en las últimas dos décadas, transformándose en la economía más inflacionaria del mundo. Producto de un ya largo período hiperinflacionario, la moneda nacional ha perdido sus tradicionales funciones, siendo...

In order to create an environment of low and stable inflation in Mexico it has been necessary to generate a framework for the conduction of monetary policy focused on price stability along with fiscal discipline. This paper describes some structural achievements to control inflation that have...

In order to create an environment of low and stable inflation in Mexico it has been necessary to generate a framework for the conduction of monetary policy focused on price stability along with fiscal discipline. This paper describes some structural achievements to control inflation that have...