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Inflation dynamics in a small open economy model under inflation targeting: some evidence from Chile
Following the influential work of Christiano, Eichenbaum, and Evans (2005) and Smets and Wouters (2003), many central banks are building and estimating dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models with nominal rigidities and are using them for policy analysis. This new generation of sticky ...
General equilibrium models: an overview
The development of general equilibrium models (GEMs) goes back a long way in economics, both at a theoretical level and as a tool for empirical analysis. General equilibrium theory and modeling have proved to be relevant and useful for understanding economic interactions between markets and agents in ...
Determinantes del ahorro privado en Chile
Uno de los argumentos que se oyen con más frecuencia en Chile en los últimos años es que se debe aumentar la tasa de ahorro para que este país retome la tasa de crecimiento que exhibió desde mediados de los 80 hasta 1998. El punto es que para crecer a tasas elevadas (7%) se requiere una mayor inversión, ...
Incentivos al ahorro personal: lecciones de la economía del comportamiento
La teoría económica se ha desarrollado basándose en una serie de axiomas sobre el comportamiento humano. La teoría supone que los individuos maximizan racionalmente un set de preferencias que es coherente y estable. Este marco ha sido aplicado con bastante éxito a un sinnúmero de problemas económicos. ...
Un estudio del ahorro agregado por agentes económicos en Chile
La notable alza de las tasas de ahorro privado y público desde comienzos de los años 80 en Chile ha despertado considerable interés. Este interés se ha reflejado tanto en discusiones de política económica como en trabajos académicos. Entre ellos, Morandé (1998) y Agosín (1999) se proponen explicar lo ...
New keynesian models for Chile in the inflation-targeting period
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models with nominal rigidities have become a popular tool for monetary policy analysis in recent years. The basic sticky price model has been enriched to include additional sources of nominal and real rigidities. These additional elements have been introduced ...
What drives the current account in commodity exporting countries?: the cases of Chile and New Zealand
As capital markets have become increasingly integrated, savings and investment within countries have tended to become less correlated, in what is known as the Feldstein-Horioka (1980) correlation, with the corollary that savings-investment gaps (that is, current accounts) have tended to become more ...
Cambios estructurales en la demanda por trabajo en Chile
La capacidad de generar empleo en la economía Chilena ha sido sorpresivamente lenta durante 2000 y 2001. A pesar de que el crecimiento del producto ha sido positivo desde agosto de 1999 la tasa de desempleo no ha disminuido como se esperaba. Una hipótesis que se ha levantado para explicar este fenómeno ...
Stocks, flows, and valuation effects of foreign assets and liabilities: do they matter?
Globalization has changed the way countries interact along several dimensions. Financial integration and its underpinnings are probably among the most important. Although cross-border capital flows and external debt have been closely monitored, until recently little was known about the stocks of foreign ...
The sources of economic growth: an overview
The importance of economic growth cannot be overstated. Income growth is ssential for achieving economic, social, and even political development. Countries that grow strongly and for sustained periods of time are able to reduce their poverty levels significantly, strengthen their democratic and political ...