Monetary dilemmas: Argentina in Mercosur
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.............................................................................5 Introduction........................................................................................ 7 I. General issues relevant to Argentina: some comments ........................................................................ 9 A. The context of monetary and exchange rate policies ............. 9 B. Dealing with shocks and gaining credibility ........................ 13 II. The Argentine experience..................................................... 17 A. Trends, shocks and fluctuation............................................. 16 B. The real exchange rate: variability and regime shifts .......... 20 C. Financial intermediation....................................................... 22 D. Credibility and rules under a hard peg ................................. 23 References ...................................................................................... 31 Serie Temas Estudios y perspectivas: issues published .... 35 Monetary Dilemmas: Argentina in Mercosur
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تاریخ انتشار 2002