Is Latin America Overcoming its Fear of Floating?

This paper analyzes the evolution of fear of floating (FOF) and its effect on output in Colombia and Mexico. It shows that there has been a gradual rise in exchange-rate volatility as the period of floating lengthens in each country. The paper analyzes the implications of this evolution for the beha...

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Autor principal:	IBARRA,CARLOS A
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2007
Materias:	Floating exchange rates Fear of Floating
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-682120070002000032007-12-27Is Latin America Overcoming its Fear of Floating?IBARRA,CARLOS A Floating exchange rates Fear of Floating This paper analyzes the evolution of fear of floating (FOF) and its effect on output in Colombia and Mexico. It shows that there has been a gradual rise in exchange-rate volatility as the period of floating lengthens in each country. The paper analyzes the implications of this evolution for the behavior of output. It finds that the reduction of FOF has tended to decrease output volatility in Chile. However, the opposite phenomenon has happened in Mexico, while the results for Colombia are ambiguousinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos de economía v.44 n.130 20072007-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212007000200003en10.4067/S0717-68212007000200003
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description	This paper analyzes the evolution of fear of floating (FOF) and its effect on output in Colombia and Mexico. It shows that there has been a gradual rise in exchange-rate volatility as the period of floating lengthens in each country. The paper analyzes the implications of this evolution for the behavior of output. It finds that the reduction of FOF has tended to decrease output volatility in Chile. However, the opposite phenomenon has happened in Mexico, while the results for Colombia are ambiguous
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title	Is Latin America Overcoming its Fear of Floating?
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Is Latin America Overcoming its Fear of Floating?

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