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Monetary policy at the zero lower bound: the Chilean experience
The global financial crisis that started in 2008 dramatically changed the analysis and implementation of monetary policy worldwide. Central banks were at the center of the stage during that time implementing both conventional and unconventional policies. Not only were monetary policy rates drastically ...
Currency mismatches in chilean nonfinancial corporations
The potential financial vulnerability that can occur when private sector or government agents acquire high levels of foreign currency debt has been at the center of discussion since the financial crises that affected the countries of Southeast Asia in the late 1990s. To the extent that a mismatch is ...
Fiscal deficits debt and monetary policy in a liquidity trap
The dramatic policy response to the 2008-09 global economic crisis from many countries has revived some old debates about the use of fiscal and monetary policy in fighting recessions. The central dilemma for policy-makers in Japan North America and Europe has been to try to counter a large recession ...
De la tasa de política a la tasa de colocación bancaria: la industria bancaria Chilena
Existe gran cantidad de literatura sobre la flexibilidad de las tasas de interés bancarias en diferentes países. En este artículo se presenta evidencia para la industria bancaria Chilena, que muestra cierta lentitud en el ajuste de las tasas de colocación bancarias a los movimientos de la tasa de ...
The credit channel and monetary transmission in Brazil and Chile: a structured VAR approach
The widespread adoption of inflation-targeting regimes by emerging market economies has generated considerable interest in the channels through which monetary policy shocks affect output inflation and other relevant aggregates in such economies. Yet there is a paucity of empirical research for emerging ...
Una mirada desagregada al deterioro de la productividad en Chile: ¿existe un cambio estructural?
La evolución reciente de la productividad ha sido un rompecabezas para los economistas. Después de un periodo marcado por un crecimiento histórico (1987-1997), la productividad agregada se estancó (1998- 2012). El análisis de este trabajo se circunscribe a estudiar la productividad en nueve grandes ...
Macro-prudential policy and the conduct of monetary policy
The 'Great Contraction' in global economic activity triggered by the financial crisis and the extraordinary fiscal and monetary measures that public authorities had to undertake in order to put the economy back on track by putting public finances under heavy strains and leading to extremely low ...
Cross-border corporate control: openness and tax havens
Cross-border corporate control is a major facet of globalisation. In roughly one out of four listed controlled companies in 2012, control was exercised by a foreign entity or family/individual. Controlling—and passive—ownership stakes are often hidden in complex structures, involving pyramids and ...
Does inflation targeting make a difference?
Since New Zealand adopted inflation targeting in 1990, a steadily growing number of industrial and emerging economies have explicitly adopted an inflation target as their nominal anchor. Eight industrial countries and thirteen emerging economies had full-fledged inflation targeting in place in early ...
Fuentes del crecimiento económico y la productividad en América Latina y el Caribe, 1990-2013
Este documento examina las experiencias de crecimiento de 23 países de América Latina y El Caribe en cuatro subperíodos de análisis entre 1990 y 2013. En función de la disponibilidad de datos, se ha realizado tres tipos de ejercicio. El primero abarca 18 países de América Latina y cinco de El Caribe, ...