The article uses a small open economy version of the macroeconomic general-equilibrium model QUEST to compare fiscal and nominal exchange rate (EXR) devaluation with respect to their impact on economic activity and the current account. In particular, the article investigates quantitatively to...

Numerous countries have experienced boom-bust episodes in asset prices in the past 20 years. This study looks at stylized facts and conducts statistical and econometric analysis for such episodes, distinguishing between industrialized countries that experienced external adjustment (via real...