This paper evaluates from a welfare perspective three policy alternatives for dealing with Dutch disease problems originating from cyclical movements in commodity prices: fiscal rules for government expenditures, capital controls, and taxes on domestic lending. A DSGE model of a small open...

A large literature estimates the exchange rate pass-through to prices (ERPT) using reducedform approaches; whose results are an important input for analyses at Central Banks. We study the usefulness of these empirical measures for monetary policy analysis and decision making, emphasizing two...

Which are the new frontiers in central banking? Which things have changed in the aftermath of the financial, economic and sovereign debt crisis? These are questions raised frequently by central bankers, academics and interested observers alike. There are quite a few areas to cover in answering...