There is no consensus about the economic implications of real exchange rate (RER) misalignments. Some authors argue that keeping the real exchange rate away from its equilibrium level creates distortions in the relative prices of tradable and nontradable goods generating misleading signals to economic ...

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 ...

Conocer las fricciones que están presentes en la economía es de fundamental importancia para el diseño de políticas. En particular, las rigideces de precios y salarios determinan el grado de tradeoff entre la estabilización del producto o de la inflación que enfrentan los bancos centrales. En este ...