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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"International Macroeconomics"”.
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Essays in International Macroeconomics
<p>This dissertation consists of two essays in international macroeconomics. In the first essay I explore the role of portfolio diversification in explaining the distribution of foreign investment across countries. I do so by adopting a portfolio allocation approach to risk, that is widely used in …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
… by three chapters presenting different topics in international macroeconomics. The first chapter focuses on the role of private information in the dynamics of sovereign debt yields. I propose a model of sovereign debt and default where information is incomplete: Investors receive private noisy …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
This thesis examines the impact of terms of trade shocks on commodity-exporting small, open economies. The first chapter examines whether households, firms and policymakers in these economies can distinguish between temporary and permanent commodity price shocks. I find that they are largely unable …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
… is demanded as a saving vehicle by more patient international investors. The government commits to repay but is constrained by its fiscal capacity which is low when the private sector needs outside liquidity. I find that the government can increase domestic investment by tranching its fiscal …
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Essays in International Macroeconomics
How do exchange rates and tariffs shape the economy? Their effects both independently and in regard to each other are puzzling with respect to classical economic models. This dissertation focuses on how macroeconomic factors -- sticky prices (Chapter 1), interest rates (Chapter 2), and scale …
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Three Studies in International Macroeconomics
The first study examines a continuous time deterministic model of a small open economy with flexible exchange rates, perfectly integrated bonds market, and perfect foresight. The price of domestic goods is assumed sluggish relative to the exchange rate which adjusts instantaneously. We introduce a …
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Essays on Demographics and International Macroeconomics
… between global demographic trends and international capital flows. The first chapter employs an overlapping generations model to dissect how factors like fertility rates and longevity impact capital flows leading to cross-country fiscal spillovers. The second chapter uses panel data …
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Essays on International Macroeconomics and Trade
… production. Similar patterns have been found in international trade data on prices and quantities. I use a two-country general equilibrium model with trade in nondifferentiated and differentiated goods to shed light on the reasons behind these sectoral differences. I focus on two mechanisms: …
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Essays on International Macroeconomics and Finance
… chapters, each addressing a relevant area in international macroeconomics and finance. They are linked by their examination of how shocks in one country transmit internationally and how central banks can use monetary and exchange rate policies to insulate themselves from external shocks. In …
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Essays in International Macroeconomics and Finance
… the topic of macroeconomic stabilisation in an international context, focusing on monetary policy, capital controls and exchange rates. Chapter 1, written in collaboration with Giancarlo Corsetti and Joao Duarte, reconsiders the effects of common monetary policy shocks across countries in the …
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Essays on international macroeconomics : the real exchange rate, income inequality and the international investment position of small countries
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, c1999
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Wage Structures, Exchange Rate Regimes, and the Transmission of Disturbances
… is a topic currently receiving attention in the international macroeconomics literature. However, no study has adequately examined the theoretical and policy implications of integrating alternative forms of wage setting behavior into an open macroeconomic framework. This thesis integrates the …
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PPP, UIP and Fisher parity: speculation or rational expectations? Evidence for four Latin American countries
… aims to test the equilibrium relations of two international macroeconomics models for Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Brazil. The first model is the rational expectation hypothesis (REH) where three key relations will be tested: Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (UIP) …
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Essays on Monetary Policy Rules and Inflation Dynamics
… to analyze key issues in monetary policy and international macroeconomics. Using traditional linear models to understand nonlinear relationships can often lead to inaccurate inference and erroneous policy recommendations. The three essays in this dissertation explore nonlinearity in the …
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An investigation into the validity of the intra-continental and intercontinental casselian hypothesis (PPP) and uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) in southern African development community (SADC) countries A long run structural modelling approach
… and policy makers, into the validity of international parity relationships. Using multivariate cointegration framework and long run structural modelling, this paper investigates the evidence in support of two of the parity relationships that underpin either implicitly or explicitly much …
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Essays on Development Economics: Issues in Macroeconomics and Population
… The first two chapters are in the area of international macroeconomics. The third chapter is in an area that is the intersection of macroeconomics and population economics. The first chapter studies currency substitution in an environment where agents' inflation tax evasive demand for …
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Essays in International Finance and Macroeconomics
… each addressing a pressing issue in modern macroeconomics. The first two chapters explore current topics in international finance and macroeconomics, while the final chapter contributes to recent policy debates. The first chapter, which is written in collaboration with Simon Lloyd and Daniel …
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Essays on Production Structure and Economic Integration
In this dissertation, I present three chapters that study the linkages between the structural makeup of economies and the process of trade- and financial liberalization. In the first chapter I examine the role of trade and external deficits in explaining the patterns of structural change in twenty …
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Essays in Modern Macroeconomics
… within the broad area of modern monetary and international macroeconomics. The first paper, Product Quality, Measured Inflation and Monetary Policy, written in collaboration with Alex Rodnyansky and Alejandro van der Ghote, fills a gap in the New Keynesian literature, which has largely ignored …