International Finance Discussion Papers
		1996 IFDPs IFDP ordering information

1996-575
Theoretical Confidence Level Problems with Confidence Intervals for the Spectrum of a Time Series
Jon Faust
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1996-574
Net Foreign Assets and Equilibrium Exchange Rates: Panel Evidence
Joseph E. Gagnon
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1996-573
Timing of Childbearing, Family Size, and Economic Growth
Murat F. Iyigun
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1996-572
Money, Politics, and the Post-War Business Cycle
Jon Faust and John S. Irons
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1996-571
Implications of Economic Interdependence and Exchange Rate Policy on Endogenous Wage Indexation Decisions
Jay H. Bryson, Chih-huan Chen, and David D. VanHoose
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1996-570
The Reaction of Exchange Rates and Interest Rates to News Releases
Hali J. Edison
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1996-569
The Role of Credit in Post-Stabilization Consumption Booms
Martina Copelman
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1996-568
Hazards in Implementing a Monetary Conditions Index
Kari H. Eika; Neil R. Ericsson; Ragnar Nymoen
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1996-567
Financial Innovation and the Speed of Adjustment of Money Demand: Evidence from Bolivia, Israel, and Venezuela
Martina Copelman
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1996-566
Long-Term Evidence on the Tobin and Fisher Effects: A New Approach
Shaghil Ahmed and John H. Rogers
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1996-565
Some Evidence on the Efficacy of the U.K. Inflation Targeting Regime: An Out-of-Sample Forecast Approach
Chan Huh
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1996-564
The Use of the Parallel Market Rate as a Guide to Setting the Official Exchange Rate
Nita Ghei and Steven B. Kamin
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1996-563
Country Fund Discounts and the Mexican Crisis of December 1994: Did Local Residents Turn Pessimistic before International Investors?
Jeffrey A. Frankel and Sergio L. Schmukler
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1996-562
Eastern European Export Performance during the Transition
Nathan Sheets; Simona Boata
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1996-561
Inflation-Adjusted Potential Output
Jane T. Haltmaier
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1996-560
The Management of Financial Risks at German Nonfinancial Firms: The Case of Metallgesellschaft
Allen B. Frankel and David E. Palmer
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1996-559
Broad Money Demand and Financial Liberalization in Greece
Neil R. Ericsson and Sunil Sharma
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1996-558
Stockholding Behavior of U.S. Households: Evidence from the 1983-89 Survey of Consumer Finances
Carol C. Bertaut
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1996-557
Firm Size and the Impact of Profit-Margin Uncertainty on Investment: Do Financing Constraints Play a Role?
Vivek Ghosal and Prakash Loungani
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1996-556 (August 1997)
Regulation and the Cost of Capital in Japan: A Case Study
John Ammer; Michael S. Gibson
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1996-555
The Sovereignty Option: The Quebec Referendum and Market Views on the Canadian Dollar
Michael P. Leahy and Charles P. Thomas
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1996-554
Real Exchange Rates and Inflation in Exchange-Rate Based Stabilizations: An Empirical Examination
Steven B. Kamin
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1996-553
Macroeconomic State Variables as Determinants of Asset Price Covariances
John Ammer
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1996-552
The Tequila Effect: Theory and Evidence from Argentina
Martin Uribe
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1996-551
The Accumulation of Human Capital: Alternative Methods and Why They Matter
Murat F. Iyigun and Ann L. Owen
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1996-550
Alternatives in Human Capital Accumulation: Implications for Economic Growth
Murat F. Iyigun and Ann L. Owen
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1996-549
More Evidence on the Link between Bank Health and Investment in Japan
Michael S. Gibson
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1996-548
The Syndrome of Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization and the Uncertain Duration of Currency Pegs
Enrique G. Mendoza and Martin Uribe
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1996-547
German Unification: What Have We Learned from Multi-Country Models?
Joseph E. Gagnon; Paul R. Masson; Warwick J. McKibbin
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1996-546
Returns to Scale in U.S. Production: Estimates and Implications
Susanto Basu and John G. Fernald
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1996-545
Mexico's Balance-of-Payments Crisis: A Chronicle of Death Foretold
Guillermo A. Calvo and Enrique G. Mendoza
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1996-544
The Twin Crises: The Causes of Banking and Balance-of-Payments Problems
Graciela L. Kaminsky and Carmen M. Reinhart
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1996-543
High Real Interest Rates in the Aftermath of Disinflation: Is It a Lack of Credibility?
Graciela L. Kaminsky and Leonardo Leiderman
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1996-542
Precautionary Portfolio Behavior from a Life-Cycle Perspective
Carol C. Bertaut and Michael Haliassos
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1996-541
Using Options Prices to Infer PDF's for Asset Prices: An Application to Oil Prices during the Gulf Crisis
William R. Melick and Charles P. Thomas
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1996-540
Monetary Policy in the End-Game to Exchange-Rate Based Stabilizations: The Case of Mexico
Steven B. Kamin and John H. Rogers
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1996-539
Comparing the Welfare Costs and the Initial Dynamics of Alternative Temporary Stabilization Policies
Martin Uribe
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1996-538
Long Memory in Inflation Expectations: Evidence from International Financial Markets
Joseph E. Gagnon
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1996-537
Using Measures of Expectations to Identify the Effects of a Monetary Policy Shock
Allan D. Brunner
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1996-536
Regime Switching in the Dynamic Relationship between the Federal Funds Rate and Innovations in Nonborrowed Reserves
Chan Huh
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1996-535
The Risks and Implications of External Financial Shocks: Lessons from Mexico
Edwin M. Truman
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1996-534
Currency Crashes in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Treatment
Jeffrey A. Frankel and Andrew K. Rose
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1996-533
Regional Patterns in the Law of One Price: The Roles of Geography vs. Currencies
Charles M. Engel and John H. Rogers
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