International Finance Discussion Papers
		1997 IFDPs IFDP ordering information

1997-600
Evaluating Forecasts of Correlation Using Option Pricing
Michael S. Gibson; Brian H. Boyer
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1997-599
Private Payments Systems in Historical Perspective: The Banco Central System of Mexico
Patrice T. Robitaille
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1997-598
Habit Formation and the Comovement of Prices and Consumption During Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization Programs
Martin Uribe
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1997-597
Pitfalls in Tests for Changes in Correlations
Brian H. Boyer, Michael S. Gibson, and Mico Loretan
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1997-596
The Demand for Broad Money in the United Kingdom, 1878-1993
Neil R. Ericsson; David F. Hendry; Kevin M. Prestwich
Abstract and related information | Full paper (495 KB PDF) | Full paper (1162 KB Postscript)

1997-595
Globalization and Productivity in the United States and Germany
Catherine L. Mann
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1997-594
A Nonlinear Econometric Analysis of Capital Flight
Lisa M. Schineller
Abstract and related information | Full paper (258 KB PDF)

1997-593
Aggregate Productivity and Aggregate Technology
Susanto Basu and John G. Fernald
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1997-592
Roads to Prosperity? Assessing the Link between Public Capital and Productivity
John G. Fernald
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1997-591
Money, Sticky Wages, and the Great Depression
Michael D. Bordo, Christopher J. Erceg, and Charles L. Evans
Abstract and related information | Full paper (645 KB PDF)

1997-590
Nominal Wage Rigidities and the Propagation of Monetary Disturbances
Christopher J. Erceg
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1997-589
Intra-National, Intra-Continental, and Intra-Planetary PPP
Charles M. Engel, Michael K. Hendrickson, and John H. Rogers
Abstract and related information | Full paper (96 KB PDF) | Full paper (833 KB Postscript)

1997-588
A Guide to FRB/Global
Andrew T. Levin, John H. Rogers, and Ralph W. Tryon
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1997-587
On the Inverse of the Covariance Matrix in Portfolio Analysis
Guy V.G. Stevens
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1997-586
Income Inequality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Murat F. Iyigun and Ann L. Owen
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1997-585
Information Systems for Risk Management
Michael S. Gibson
Abstract and related information | Full paper (53 KB PDF)

1997-584
The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from a Model of Bank Behavior That Incorporates Long-Term Customer Relationships
Michael S. Gibson
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1997-583
Capital Inflows, Financial Intermediation, and Aggregate Demand: Empirical Evidence from Mexico and Other Pacific Basin Countries
Steven B. Kamin and Paul R. Wood
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1997-582
Can Government Gold Be Put to Better Use? Qualitative and Quantitative Effects of Alternative Policies
Dale W. Henderson, John S. Irons, Stephen W. Salant, and Sebastian Thomas
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1997-581
Inflation Regimes and Inflation Expectations
Joseph E. Gagnon
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1997-580
Output and the Real Exchange Rate in Developing Countries: An Application to Mexico
Steven B. Kamin and John H. Rogers
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1997-579
An Econometric Model of Capital Flight from Developing Countries
Lisa M. Schineller
Abstract and related information | Full paper (407 KB PDF)

1997-578
Regional Labor Fluctuations: Oil Shocks, Military Spending, and Other Driving Forces
Steven J. Davis, Prakash Loungani, and Ramamohan Mahidhara
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1997-577
Capital Mobility and the Output-Inflation Tradeoff
Prakash Loungani, Assaf Razin, and Chi-Wa Yuen
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1997-576
General-to-Specific Procedures for Fitting a Data-Admissible, Theory-Inspired, Congruent, Parsimonious, Encompassing, Weakly Exogenous, Identified, Structural Model to the DGP: A Translation and Critique
Jon Faust and Charles H. Whiteman
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