In this paper we consider an extension of Vasicek’s (1991) model for new consumer fixed-payment credits in the Chilean banking system. Under the assumption that the economy experienced a complete business cycle during 2003-09, we are able to compute the so-called Long-Run Probability of...

The discussion about the Interest Rate Ceiling (TMC) has generated several proposals that involve changing the current way of calculating this interest rate, which applies to consumer loans of amounts smaller than 200 UF and maturities of less than 90 days. In this paper we analyze the effect of...

This paper econometrically analyses the factors that determined the dynamics of real estate price in the Metropolitan Area of Chile during the period 1990-2007. The results show that variables such as age and size are statistically significant determinants of property prices; access to Metro...

We propose a discrete, dynamic version of the Nelson-Siegel yield curve model, taking as valid the Log Expectations Hypothesis, plus an explicit modeling of the model’s factor dynamics. Within this framework, we propose two ways to identify the model parameters: ARIMA and cointegration. With...

This paper studies the interaction between the economic cycle and the credit market in Chile. The results are obtained with identification of shocks using a structural VAR model that replicates the empirical standard transmission mechanism of monetary policy that has been found in other studies...