A central puzzle in international finance is that real exchange rates are volatile and, in stark contradiction to effcient risk-sharing, negatively correlated with cross-country consumption ratios. This paper shows that incomplete asset markets and a low price elasticity of tradables can account...

At the beginning of the 21st century, Europe and Latin America are still seeking the formula that would lend a strategic character to their relationship. Most recently, the Summit in Vienna in May 2006 failed to do so. Both partners reactivated their relations which had never been broken but...