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La experiencia colombiana bajo un régimen de fluctuación controlada del tipo de cambio: el papel de las intervenciones bancarias

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  • Mauricio Alberto Hernández Monsalve

    (Universidad de Antioquia.)

  • Ramón Javier Mesa

    (Universidad de Antioquia.)

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The behavior of Colombian politics over recent years, associated to the set of interventions on the exchange market, is the stylized fact that motivated this study. The objective is to measure the relative size of currency exchange interventions during 2004 and 2006, a period of appreciation of the peso, and to calculate its effectiveness regarding the effects over the mean and variance of the nominal exchange rate. The determination of the exchange rate through a portfolio balance model and the use of currency exchange market intervention indexes show that interventions of the Central Bank seeking to protect the controlled floating regime have had small and transitory effects on the level and variance of the exchange rate

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  • Mauricio Alberto Hernández Monsalve & Ramón Javier Mesa, 2006. "La experiencia colombiana bajo un régimen de fluctuación controlada del tipo de cambio: el papel de las intervenciones bancarias," Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Economía, issue 65, pages 37-72, Julio-Dic.
    • Handle: RePEc:lde:journl:y:2006:i:65:p:37-72
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    Keywords

    stylized interventions; exchange regime; dirty float; exchange market; exchange rate; portfolio model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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