Mello, Luiz de; Moccero, Diego; Mogliani, Matteo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
-linear specification is not rejected by the data for Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, but it is for Chile. Estimation of smooth …This papers estimates unrestricted monetary reaction functions for four Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile …, Colombia and Mexico) and tests for the presence of non-linear effects in central bank behaviour. The analysis covers the post …