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Large hoardings of international reserves: are they worth it?
Several Asian economies have accumulated large stocks of international reserves over the last few years. This motivates the question we address in this paper from an empirical point of view. Are these large increases in reserves an efficient crisis-prevention strategy? Or are they second-best to other ...
Business cycle responses and the resilience of the chilean economy
After marked fluctuations in the business cycle over the last fifty years, the Chilean economy now appears to be less volatile and more resilient to external shocks. Because Chile is a small and increasingly open economy, analysts have long suspected that the amplitude of the cyclical fluctuations in ...
External conditions and growth performance
A central dimension of globalization is the world trend toward larger trade and financial openness, observed in most industrial and developing economies. Openness increases the integration of world goods and capital markets, contributing to potential gains in growth and welfare. However, increased ...
Premios soberanos: una aproximación factorial
Este trabajo estima y analiza factores idiosincrásicos y globales relevantes en la evolución de los premios o spreads soberanos de economías emergentes, con énfasis en el caso Chileno, para el período comprendido entre enero de 1998 y septiembre de 2005. Se encuentra que un número reducido de factores ...
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 ...
Metas de inflación y anclaje de expectativas inflacionarias en economías occidentales
Este artículo explora qué tan bien ancladas están las expectativas inflacionarias de largo plazo en Canadá, Chile, y EE.UU., a través de un estudio de eventos de alta frecuencia. Se usan datos diarios de compensación inflacionaria forward de largo plazo como indicadores de cómo percibe el mercado ...