| Journal: | Revista de economia politica |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000280385 |
| ISSN: | 0101-3157 |
| Authors: | Lucinda, Claudio Ribeiro1 Arvate, Paulo Roberto1 |
| Institutions: | 1Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Economia, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Jul-Sep |
| Volumen: | 26 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 323-344 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | Authoritarian governments and exchange rate policy in Latin American countries. Our aim on this paper is to identify the exchange rate policies used by Authoritarian governments in Latin America during the 170's and 180's. The literature shows that the focus of the exchange rate policy was on inflation control, which was not consistent with the evidence. We show on this paper that these governments aimed at a undervalued currency because of the behavior of the external balance of the countries |
| Disciplines: | Economía, Ciencia política |
| Keyword: | Economía monetaria, Gobierno, América Latina, Gobiernos autoritarios, Política cambiaria, Tipos de cambio, Economía regional |
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