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La revolución del hidrógeno verde y sus derivados en Magallanes
Felipe Givovich, Jorge Quiroz y Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
El Líbero, 2022La carrera por el desarrollo de la industria del hidrógeno verde está recién comenzando y la Región de Magallanes tendrá un rol protagónico. Cinco grandes proyectos se han anunciado en la zona los que, basados en un potencial eólico único en el mundo, se encuentran entre los primeros que producirán derivados de hidrógeno verde a nivel comercial. Este libro contiene un...
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El rol del gas natural en la transición energética. Chile 2020-2050
Felipe Givovich, Jorge Quiroz y Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
El Líbero, 2021La ciencia indica que la única forma de contener el cambio climático es alcanzando la carbono neutralidad global antes del año 2050. Para ello, Chile desarrolló un plan concreto y ambicioso, cuyas etapas iniciales se están comenzando a cumplir. Este riguroso estudio de los economistas Felipe Givovich, Jorge Quiroz y Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel viene a complementar la estrategia d...
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De la Tragedia Griega a los Tiempos Mejores: Diagnóstico y Proyección
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
El Líbero, 2018This book comprises a revised collection of essays on the world economy and Chile, originally published by Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel in Chile’s leading newspaper between 2012 and 2012. The articles cover important international topics – from the Greek crisis to Brexit and from globalization to TPP – and a host of policy challenges and structural reforms in Chile. The author analyzes key issues in economics a...
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Economic Policies in Emerging-Market Economies: Festschrift in Honor of Vittorio Corbo
Editors: Ricardo Caballero and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2015This Festschrift in honor of Professor Vittorio Corbo assembles frontier research on economic policies in emerging-market economies. This book addresses key policy questions in essays, theoretical models, and empirical research, in the fields of macroeconomics, financial integration, and economic development. The volume’s twelve chapters are organized in five major ...
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95 Propuestas para un Chile mejor
Editores: Equipo Grupo Res Publica Chile
Grupo Res Publica Chile, 2013.Nuestro país ha avanzado mucho en las últimas décadas. Esos avances ofrecen lecciones y, en muchas materias, son justa causa de orgullo nacional. Pero nada de eso brinda razones para anestesiar el sentido de urgencia por ir más allá. Los logros obtenidos en el pasado –pero especialmente las áreas que no presentan logros en el Chile actual– renuevan los desafíos e i...
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Monetary Policy Under Inflation Targeting
Editors: Frederic Mishkin and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2007Inflation targeting cum exchange-rate floating has become the framework of choice in countries pursuing an independent and effective monetary policy. Since its adoption by New Zealand (1990) and Chile (1991), central banks of nearly 25 industrial and emerging economies have implemented an explicit inflation target as their nominal anchor. Many more emerging economies a...
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Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty and Learning
Editors: Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel and Carl Walsh
Central Bank of Chile, 2009Huge swings in oil, food, and other commodity prices and the global financial crisis are at the core of current monetary policy discussion. The latter events are vivid reminders of how uncertainty, imperfect knowledge, and the need to learn affect macroeconomic behavior and the conduct of monetary policy. Central bank and academic economists conducting research on the design...
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General Equilibrium Models For The Chilean Economy
Editors: Rómulo Chumacero and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2005General equilibrium theory and modeling have proved to be useful for understanding economic interactions between markets and agents and the determination of prices and quantities. Applied general equilibrium models (GEM) have been developed and used to address a wide range of theoretical questions and empirical/policy issues, in the fields of macroeconomics, internati...
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Indexation, Inflation, and Monetary Policy
Editors: Fernando Lefort and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2002.Although indexation policies and practices are common in many markets and economies, their implications for market efficiency and price stabilization remain controversial. This book contributes to the literature on indexation and inflation by including nine articles that are at the research frontier on these issues. The scope of the articles ranges from specific topics...
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Banking, Financial Integration, and International Crises
Editors: Luis Hernández and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2002Financial integration during the past decade has enhanced market discipline but also caused greater strain in many emerging market economies’ financial sectors, especially their banking systems. The potential benefits of financial integration, although large in the long run, may be outweighed in the short run if the transition process is inadequately managed and c...
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Monetary Policy: Rules and Transmission Mechanisms
Editors: Norman Loayza and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Central Bank of Chile, 2002Monetary policy must consider the bidirectional relationship between the economy and its central bank. It should therefore address two essential questions: first, how changes in the economy induce a reaction by the central bank, and second, how these policy changes are in turn transmitted to the economy.
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The Economics of Saving and Growth: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Policy
Editors: Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel and Luis Servén
Cambridge University Press, 1999Saving rates display great variation across countries and over time. They are also closely related to growth performance. This 1999 volume provides an account of key variables, institutions and policies that determine saving. Drawing from a systematic exploration of the existing literature, the collection summarizes knowledge about cross-country saving trends, the rel...