This is a book on deterministic and stochastic Growth Theory and the computational methods needed to produce numerical solutions. Exogenous and endogenous growth models are thoroughly reviewed. Special attention is paid to the use of these models for fiscal and monetary policy analysis. Modern...

Los tipos de cambio a plazo a uno y tres meses del marco aleman, franco frances, libra esterlina, yen japones y peseta respecto al dolar parecen estar cointegrados con los tipos de contado que se observan a la fecha de maduracion del contrato forward. Sin embargo, esta relacion de cointegracion...

Two volatility indexes, VIBEX and VIBEX-NEW, are calculated for the Spanish financial market by using a non-model free, and a model free methodology, respectively. VIBEX-NEW index is worthy of being chosen first, due to liquidity problems in Spanish option market on IBEX35. Daily changes in...

This paper introduces a continuous-time model for commodity pricing under the assumption that logged prices converge to a mean level that experiences smooth, periodic fluctuations over long periods of time. Our model incorporates that assumption by modelling the mean reversion level through a...

A model-free methodology is for the first time used in this paper to estimate a daily volatility index (VIBEX-NEW) for the Spanish financial market. We show that daily changes in VIBEX-NEW display a negative, tight contemporaneous relationship with IBEX daily returns, contrary to other common...

This paper introduces state-uncertainty preferences into the Lucas (1982) economy, showing that this type of preferences helps to explain the exchange rate risk premium. Under these preferences we can distinguish between two factors driving the exchange rate risk premium: macroeconomic risk and...