International Finance Discussion Papers
		1999 IFDPs IFDP ordering information

1999-656 (December 1999, latest version July 2002)
Sources of Economic Fluctuations in Latin America and Implications for Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes
Shaghil Ahmed
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1999-655 (December 1999)
Distributions of Error Correction Tests for Cointegration
Neil R. Ericsson and James G. MacKinnon
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1999-654 (December 1999)
A Simple Approach to Robust Inference in a Cointegrating System
Jonathan H. Wright
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1999-653 (November 1999)
The Evolution and Determinants of Emerging Market Credit Spreads in the 1990s
Steven B. Kamin and Karsten von Kleist
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1999-652 (November 1999)
Monetary Policy's Role in Exchange Rate Behavior
Jon Faust and John H. Rogers
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1999-651 (November 1999)
The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy
Jon Faust; Lars E.O. Svensson
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1999-650 (October 1999)
Long Memory in Emerging Market Stock Returns
Jonathan H. Wright
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1999-649 (October 1999)
High Frequency Data, Frequency Domain Inference and Volatility Forecasting
Jonathan H. Wright and Tim Bollerslev
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1999-648 (October 1999)
When Would Educational Standards Help Improve Scholastic Achievement?
Murat F. Iyigun
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1999-647 (October 1999)
Investment and the Current Account in the Short Run and the Long Run
James M. Nason and John H. Rogers
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1999-646 (September 1999)
Efficient Tests for Autoregressive Unit Roots in Panel Data
David Bowman
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1999-645 (September 1999)
The Contributions of Domestic and External Factors to Latin American Devaluation Crises: An Early Warning Systems Approach
Steven B. Kamin and Oliver D. Babson
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1999-644 (August 1999)
Violating the Law of One Price: Should We Make a Federal Case Out of It?
Charles Engel; John H. Rogers
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1999-643 (August 1999)
Trade Prices and Volumes in East Asia through The Crisis
Marvin Barth; Trevor Dinmore
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1999-642 (July 1999)
From Indoctrination to the Culture of Change: Technological Progress, Adaptive Skills, and the Creativity of Nations
Murat F. Iyigun; Ann L. Owen
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1999-641 (July 1999)
Monetary Policy and Price Stability
Karen Johnson; David Small; Ralph Tryon
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1999-640 (July 1999)
Optimal Monetary Policy with Staggered Wage and Price Contracts
Christopher J. Erceg; Dale W. Henderson; Andrew T. Levin
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1999-639 (July 1999)
Uncovering Country Risk in Emerging Market Bond Prices
Erik Durbin; David Tat-Chee Ng
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1999-638 (June 1999)
Why is Productivity Procylical? Why Do We Care?
John G. Fernald; Susanto Basu
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1999-637 (June 1999)
On the Dynamics of Trade Diversion: Evidence from Four Trade Blocs
Caroline L. Freund; John McLaren
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1999-636 (June 1999)
The Current International Financial Crisis: How Much Is New?
Steven B. Kamin
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1999-635 (April 1999, latest version July 2004)
Exact Utilities under Alternative Monetary Rules in a Simple Macro Model with Optimizing Agents
Dale W. Henderson; Jinill Kim
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1999-634 (April 1999)
What Triggers Market Jitters? A Chronicle of the Asian Crisis
Graciela L. Kaminsky; Sergio L. Schmukler
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1999-633 (February 1999)
Why Has China Survived the Asian Crisis So Well? What Risks Remain?
John G. Fernald; Oliver Babson
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