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Inflation targeting and the liquidity trap
This paper considers whether issues regarding liquidity trap or zero lower bound phenomena substantially affect the case for inflation targeting, in comparison with other possible strategies for conducting monetary policy. It examines both theoretical and empirical issues and, in the latter case, ...
Assessing the flexibility of the labor market in Chile: An international perspective
The unemployment rate in Chile averaged slightly over 6.5 percent throughout a ten-year period of high economic growth that ended in 1997. Unemployment then rose significantly at the outset of the Asian crisis, reaching levels near 11 percent. This broadly coincided with the implementation of a set ...
Indexation, inflationary inertia, and the sacrifice coeficient
When inflation is chronic, firms develop indexation practices that automatically tie the growth of prices, wages, and other contracts to the performance of some comprehensive price index. The microeconomic advantages of indexation are evident and derive from the immunization of the relative price ...
Does inflation targeting increase output volatility?: an international comparison of policymakers' preferences and outcomes
Monetary policy regimes around the world changed dramatically over the decade of the 1990s. Central banks have become more transparent, more independent, more accountable, and (apparently) more successful. The biggest transformation has benn the move away from focusing on intermediate objectives, susch ...
Evaluación de la flexibilidad del mercado laboral chileno desde una perspectiva internacional
En este artículo clasificamos a Chile en términos de la flexibilidad de su mercado laboral entre economías con distintos grados de desarrollo, incluyendo países emergentes y pertenecientes a la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico. Para ello usamos un indicador deflexibilidad ...
Acerca del nivel adecuado de las reservas internacionales: el caso de Chile
Bajo un régimen de tipo de cambio flexible, las reservas internacionales de un país contribuyen a reducir los riesgos de crisis de liquidez y permiten a la autoridad intervenir excepcionalmente en el mercado cambiario. Sin embargo, mantener reservas también es costoso. En este trabajo se discute una ...
Managing the capital account
Globalization has been under attack over the last few years. Activists, famous academics, and commentators of various stripes have mounted a systematic campaign against free trade in goods and, especially, in financial claims. One of the latest manifestations of this antiliberalization mood was the ...
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 ...
Sources of uncertainty in conducting monetary policy in Chile
Monetary policy is made in an environment of substantial uncertainty. Consequently, academic researchers have sought to formally demonstrate the implications of uncertainty, as well as the ways in which central banks can manage it. The theoretical literature on uncertainty distinguishes between three ...
Heterogeneidad de la transmisión monetaria: efectos sectoriales y regionales
Numerosos estudios han revisado la transmisión de la política monetaria en Chile y su impacto sobre las variables agregadas de la economía. Sin embargo, puede que exista información valiosa en un análisis de efectos más específicos sobre los distintos componentes de la actividad económica. Por ello, ...