In this paper a Blanchard (1985) type model has been applied to a small open economy to analyse the long-term behaviour of current account balance. It shows, under the assumptions of the model that the current account balance, net-of-government-debt wealth of households, the difference between...

This working paper researches the intertemporal relationship between the Ibex-35 index and Ibex-35 index futures, using sampling intervals of 1, 5 and 15 minutes. The primary objective is to determine whether movements in the futures lead subsequent movements in the index or vice versa. Next, we...

In this paper we compare the results of applying two different approaches to the determination of real exchange rates. The first approach is based on relative fiscal impulses, as defined by the IMF, that account for demand shocks and was implicitly proposed by Obsfeld (1985). For the second...

The purpose of this paper is to estimate a stochastic-intertemporal model of effective consumption. Our main emphasis is on assessing whether there is a significant relationship (substitutability or complementarity) between government expenditure (consumption and investment) and private...

Within a global frame leading to the elaboration of an interest rate risk pricing model applicable to financial institutions which takes the basis risk into account, the current paper analyses the long-term impact of the most representative Spanish monetary market interest rates variations over...

The aim of this paper is to determine whether there have been differences in the effectiveness of the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom since Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) establishment. The analysis is based on the fulfilment...

In this paper, the Spanish fiscal policy sustainability is tested for the period 1964-1996. The theoretical framework used in this paper draws from Quintos (1995) where a distinction between weak and strong conditions for deficit sustainability is pointed out. From an empirical point of view,...

This paper examines the temporal relationship of Spanish public debt interest rates over the period from January 1991 to November 1994 between end-of-month observations of Treasury rates of different maturities, ranging from three months to ten years. Applying the cointegration theory, we find...

The development of the Spanish mortgage market during the last decade has increased the concern about its integration with capital markets. In this context, this paper examines from an empirical perspective the hypothesis of integration between the primary mortgage market and the capital market...

This paper provides an empirical test of the Fisher effect and of the real interest parity. The objetive is to determinate the behavior of the ex-ante real interest that condicionate the intertemporal savings and investment decisions. The method used is the time series properties of the data,...