One distinguishable characteristic of emerging market economies is that they are not financially robust. These economies are incapable of smoothing out large external shocks, as sudden capital outflows imply large and abrupt swings in the real exchange rate. Using a small open-economy model,...

En este articulo el autor presenta una vision critica a diferentes aspectos de la politica monetaria durante los primeros tres anos y medio del gobierno aprista. Se desarrollan argumentos que llevan a la conclusion de que la crisis actual se explica por una serie de errores no solo en el manejo...

One distinguishable characteristic of emerging market economies is that they are not financially robust. These economies are incapable of smoothing out large external shocks, as sudden capital outflows imply large and abrupt swings in the real exchange rate. Using a small open-economy model,...

One distinguishable characteristic of emerging economies is that they are not financially robust. These economies are incapable to smooth out large external shocks as sudden capital outflows or terms of trade shocks imply large and abrupt swings in the real exchange rate. This could be very...

The previous literature on dollarization processes has two basic problems. First is the poor empirical methods of measurement, and second is the lack of a clear definition of the phenomenon under study. Several methodological problems have not been successfully addressed. Foreign currency...