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In this paper we look to model the volatility of money market interest rates -and the transmission of volatility- along the money market yield curve in four countries: the UK, Germany, France and Spain. We use a conditional variance specification which is based on Nelson's Exponential ARCH. We...

Version en ingles del documento de trabajo reseñado anteriormente en el Boletin del Sistema Financiero Español n.47, en el que se incluye un resumen del contenido de este documento. (igg) ; En este trabajo se ofrecen algunas estimaciones sectoriales del mecanismo de transmision monetaria en...

Ofrece estimaciones sectoriales del mecanismo de transmision monetaria en España. Utilizando la metodologia VAR, se cuantifican los efectos que un impulso monetario exogeno tiene sobre las variables intermedias y finales que son el objetivo de la politica monetaria. Partiendo de que la...

Raising real interest rates has been cited as a way to increase private saving,and thus provide the resources for growth. But this may not be a viable approach in the poorest developing countries in which most people live at subsistence level. In these situations, consumption is not very...

This paper examines the relationship between temporary terms of trade shocks and household saving in developing countries. It is first shown that, from a theoretical standpoint, this relationship is ambiguous: private saving may rise or fall in response to a transitory terms of trade shock,...

Raising real interest rates has been cited as a way to increase private saving, and thus provide the resources for growth. But this may not be a viable approach in the poorest developing countries in which most people live at subsistence level. In these situations, consumption is not very...

The impact of changes in real interest rates on saving and growth is a central issue in development economics. According to one familiar view, a financial liberalization program which increases real interest rates should encourage saving, thereby boosting investment and growth. While such...

The relationship between temporary terms of trade shocks and household saving in developing countries is examined. It is first shown that, from a theoretical standpoint, this relationship is ambiguous: private saving may rise or fall in response to a transitory terms of trade shock, depending on...

The relationship between real interest rates, saving, and gre is a cen tral issue in development economics. Using iflaCrOecOnOFflic data for c cross-section of countries, we estimate a model in %i’hlc/I 1/ic intertemporal elasticity of subsutution varies with the level of wealth. The estimated...