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Distorsiones del Mercado Laboral y la Eficacia de las Políticas Cambiarias

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  • Ramón López
  • Luis Riveros

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The main purpose of this paper is to measure the importance of labor market distortions in explaining the marked tendencies to revalue the real exchange rate and low effectiveness of devaluation in Latin America. To do so, an empirical model for analyzing

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  • Ramón López & Luis Riveros, 1992. "Distorsiones del Mercado Laboral y la Eficacia de las Políticas Cambiarias," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 29(88), pages 387-408.
    • Handle: RePEc:ioe:cuadec:v:29:y:1992:i:88:p:387-408
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