International Finance Discussion Papers
		2009 IFDPs IFDP ordering information

2009-989 (December 2009)
Labor Market Search in Emerging Economies
Emine Boz, Ceyhun Bora Durdu, and Nan Li
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2009-988 (December 2009)
Asset Returns with Earnings Management
Bo Sun
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2009-987 (December 2009)
Are Chinese Exports Sensitive to Changes in the Exchange Rate?
Shaghil Ahmed
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2009-986 (December 2009)
Diversification Across Characteristics
Erik Hjalmarsson
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2009-985 (December 2009)
Executive Compensation and Earnings Management Under Moral Hazard
Bo Sun
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2009-984 (November 2009)
Portfolio Inertia and the Equity Premium
Christopher Gust and David Lopez-Salido
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2009-983 (October 2009)
The Effects of Foreign Shocks When Interest Rates are at Zero
Martin Bodenstein, Christopher J. Erceg, and Luca Guerrieri
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2009-982 (October 2009)
The Market-Perceived Monetary Policy Rule
James D. Hamilton, Seth Pruitt, and Scott C. Borger
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2009-981 (October 2009)
Characteristic-Based Mean-Variance Portfolio Choice
Erik Hjalmarsson and Peter Manchev
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2009-980 (October 2009)
Rise of the Machines: Algorithmic Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market
Alain Chaboud, Benjamin Chiquoine, Erik Hjalmarsson, and Clara Vega
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2009-979 (August 2009)
Did Easy Money in the Dollar Bloc Fuel the Global Commodity Boom?
Christopher Erceg, Luca Guerrieri, and Steven B. Kamin
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2009-978 (August 2009)
The Power of Long-Run Structural VARs
Christopher Gust and Robert Vigfusson
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2009-977 (August 2009)
Decomposing the U.S. External Returns Differential
Stephanie Curcuru, Tomas Dvorak, and Francis E. Warnock
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2009-976 (June 2009)
The Puzzling Peso
Carlos Arteta, Steven B. Kamin, and Justin Vitanza
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2009-975 (June 2009)
On the Solvency of Nations: Are Global Imbalances Consistent with Intertemporal Budget Constraints?
Ceyhun Bora Durdu, Enrique G. Mendoza, and Marco E. Terrones
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2009-974 (May 2009)
South Africa's Post-Apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability
Brahima Coulibaly and Trevon D. Logan
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2009-973 (May 2009)
The Impact of Macroeconomic Announcements on Real Time Foreign Exchange Rates in Emerging Markets
Fang Cai, Hyunsoo Joo, and Zhiwei Zhang
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2009-972 (May 2009)
Border Prices and Retail Prices
David Berger, Jon Faust, John H. Rogers, and Kai Steverson
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2009-971 (May 2009)
Consumption Response to Expected Future Income
Laurie Pounder
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2009-970 (May 2009)
Pitfalls in Estimating Asymmetric Effects of Energy Price Shocks
Lutz Kilian and Robert Vigfusson
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2009-969 (May 2009)
Exchange Rates Dependence: What Drives It?
Sigridur Benediktsdottir and Chiara Scotti
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2009-968 (March 2009)
Markup Variation and Endogenous Fluctuations in the Price of Investment Goods
Max Floetotto, Nir Jaimovich, and Seth Pruitt
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2009-967 (March 2009)
Biofuels Impact on Crop and Food Prices: Using an Interactive Spreadsheet
Scott Baier, Mark Clements, Charles Griffiths, and Jane Ihrig
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2009-966 (February 2009)
Currency Crashes in Industrial Countries: Much Ado About Nothing?
Joseph E. Gagnon
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2009-965 (January 2009)
Tax Smoothing in Frictional Labor Markets
David M. Arseneau and Sanjay K. Chugh
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2009-964 (January 2009)
The Demand for Youth: Implications for the Hours Volatility Puzzle
Nir Jaimovich, Seth Pruitt, and Henry E. Siu
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2009-963 (January 2009, latest version March 2009)
The Taylor Rule and Forecast Intervals for Exchange Rates
Jian Wang and Jason J. Wu
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