Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. THE MODEL -- A. Households -- B. Firms -- C. Government -- D. Domestic Financial Intermediary -- E. Foreign Creditor -- IV. EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS -- V. PARAMETERS -- VI. SIMULATIONS -- A. The Base Case -- B. Application of...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION AND DATA -- II. UPDATED INDICATORS OF CENTRAL BANK AUTONOMY IN SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES -- III. AUTONOMY INDICATORS FOR EMERGING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- IV. PROGRESS TOWARDS AUTONOMY IN EMERGING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- V. OVERVIEW OF...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SUDDEN STOPS AND RESERVES: SOME FACTS -- III. THE MODEL -- IV. APPLICATIONS -- V. EXTENSIONS -- VI. CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- APPENDIX: COMPUTATIONS -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FISCAL PERFORMANCE IN ISRAEL -- III. THE MODEL -- IV. FISCAL CONSOLIDATION: NOW VERSUS LATER -- V. TAX CUTS -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. CALIBRATION OF GFM -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DESCRIPTION OF THE DATABASE -- III. DOMESTIC VERSUS INTERNATIONAL DEBT -- IV. THE STRUCTURE OF DOMESTIC DEBT -- V. MONETARY INSTABILITY AND DOMESTIC ORIGINAL SIN -- VI. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EVOLUTION OF SOVEREIGN DEBT LEVELS -- A. Evolution of Debt Levels in the Immediate Post-Crisis Period -- B. Evidence on Debt Reversals -- C. External Debt versus Domestic Debt -- III. CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT -- A. External Public...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PATTERNS OF SUDDEN STOPS -- III. CAPITAL FLOWS AND CURRENCY CRASHES -- IV. DOMESTIC FINANCIAL IMPERFECTIONS AND PROCYCLICAL BEHAVIOR -- V. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

We examine the Exchange Rate Volatility (ERV) response to the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) shocks from a panel VAR perspective used for the first time in this context. Focusing on Emerging Market Economies (EME), our noteworthy findings postulate that (a) both home and foreign EPU shocks...