Peter J. Montiel

Williams College - Department of Economics

Fred Greene Third Century Professor of Political Economy

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1.

Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/153
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp, Michael Gapen and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - International Capital Markets Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital accumulation, Capital flows, Developing countries, Economic growth, Foreign labor, Labor markets, Migration, Poverty reduction, Private capital flows, Transfers of foreigners income, Welfare, Workers remittances

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The Transmission Mechanism for Monetary Policy in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 90/47
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

IMF Working Paper No. 08/29
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Feb 2008
Yasser Abdih, Jihad C. Dagher, Ralph Chami and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Milken Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Corruption, Workers remittances, Economic growth

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Monetary Transmission in Low Income Countries

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Monetary Transmission in Low Income Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 10/223
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Prachi Mishra, Peter J. Montiel and Antonio Spilimbergo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Asset prices, Banking sector, Central bank policy, Cross country analysis, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Financial intermediation, Loans, Low-income developing countries, Monetary policy, Monetary transmission mechanism, Securities markets

Monetary Transmission in Low Income Countries

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7951
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
Prachi Mishra, Peter J. Montiel and Antonio Spilimbergo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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banks, credit, exchange rate, institutions, interest rate, Monetary policy

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Contractionary Devaluation in Developing Countries: An Analytical Overview

IMF Working Paper No. 88/51
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
J. Saul Lizondo and Peter J. Montiel
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Real Exchange Rates, Saving and Growth: Is There a Link?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4636
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Peter J. Montiel and Luis Servén
Williams College - Department of Economics and CEMFI
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Macroeconomic Management, Economic Stabilization, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Currencies and Exchange Rates

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Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Countries: How Much is Enough?

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Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Countries: How Much is Enough?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Peter J. Montiel and Luis Servén
Williams College - Department of Economics and CEMFI
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Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Countries: How Much is Enough?

The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 151-178, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Peter J. Montiel and Luis Servén
Williams College - Department of Economics and CEMFI

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The Surge in Capital Inflows to Developing Countries: Prospects and Policy Response

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Peter J. Montiel
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Remittances: An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/91
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Empirical Analysis of High-Inflation Episodes in Argentina, Brazil, and Israel

IMF Working Paper No. 88/68
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Inflation in Low-Income Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8934
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Aug 2019
Jongrim Ha, Anna Ivanova, Peter J. Montiel and Peter Pedroni
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and Williams College
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Inflation, Financial Structures, Macroeconomic Management, Energy Demand, Energy and Mining, Energy and Environment, International Trade and Trade Rules

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Reform and Growth in Latin America: All Pain, No Gain?

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Reform and Growth in Latin America: All Pain, No Gain?

IADB, Research Department Working Paper No. 351
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Dec 2000
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Peter J. Montiel
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Structural reform, stabilization, growth

Reform and Growth in Latin America: All Pain, No Gain?

IDB Working Paper No. 290
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Peter J. Montiel
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital Mobility in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Tests

IMF Working Paper No. 90/117
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and Williams College - Department of Economics
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An Empirical "Dependent Economy" Model for Pakistan

IMF Working Paper No. 91/102
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque, Aasim Husain and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Has Latin America's Post-Reform Growth Been Disappointing?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly, Norman Loayza and Peter J. Montiel
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Research Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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An Econometric Rational-Expectations Macroeconomic Model for Developing Countries with Capital Controls

IMF Working Paper No. 90/11
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque, Kajal Lahiri and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Savings, Investment, and Growth in Eastern Europe

IMF Working Paper No. 91/61
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Eduardo Borensztein and Peter J. Montiel
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Public Sector Efficiency and Fiscal Austerity

IMF Working Paper No. 98/56
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque, Peter J. Montiel and Stephen C. Sheppard
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Williams College - Department of Economics and Williams College
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Governance, public sector, labor markets

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Ricardian Equivalence, Liquidity Constraints, and the Yaari-Blanchard Effect: Tests for Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 87/85
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and Williams College - Department of Economics
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A Forward-Looking Macroeconomic Simulation Model for a Developing Country

IMF Working Paper No. 89/53
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque, Peter J. Montiel and Steven Symansky
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Williams College - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Macroeconomic Implications of Real Exchange Rate Targeting in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 91/29
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel and Jonathan D. Ostry
Williams College - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence

IMF Working Paper No. 10/287
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital inflows, Developing countries, Economic models, Exchange rate appreciation, Low-income developing countries, Real effective exchange rates, Workers remittances

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Growth-Oriented Adjustment Programs: A Conceptual Framework

IMF Working Paper No. 88/64
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital Flows: Issues and Policies

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-411
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Sep 2013
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Exchange Rate Policy and Debt Crises in Emerging Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 03/60
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jan 2006
Samir Jahjah and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund - INS and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Debt crises, exchange rate policy, default, devaluation

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A General Equilibrium Model with Informal Financial Markets

IMF Working Paper No. 91/18
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Pierre-Richard Agenor, Nadeem Ul Haque and Peter J. Montiel
The University of Manchester - School of Social Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Real Exchange Rate Targeting Under Capital Controls: Can Money Provide a Nominal Anchor?

IMF Working Paper No. 91/68
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel and Jonathan D. Ostry
Williams College - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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Is the Parallel Market Premium a Reliable Indicator of Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Developing Countries?

IMF Working Paper No. 93/70
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel and Jonathan D. Ostry
Williams College - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries Filling in the 'Hollow Middle'?

IMF Working Paper No. 01/170
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Leonardo Hernández and Peter J. Montiel
Banco Central de Chile and Williams College - Department of Economics
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exchange rate policy

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External Shocks and Inflation in Developing Countries Under a Real Exchange Rate Rule

IMF Working Paper No. 92/75
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel and Jonathan D. Ostry
Williams College - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

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How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

IMF Working Paper No. 12/143
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Prachi Mishra and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Exchange Rate, Interest Rate, Banks, Institutions, Developing Countries, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Low-income Developing Countries, Middle East And Central Asia, Monetary Transmission Mechanism, Transition Economies, Monetary Policy

How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

Economic Systems, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2013
Posted: 13 Oct 2015
Prachi Mishra and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and Williams College - Department of Economics

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Monetary policy, Exchange rate, Interest rate, Banks, Institutions, Developing countries

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Real Exchange Rate Dynamics in a Developing Country

IMF Working Paper No. 87/44
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Monetary Transmission in Developing Countries: Evidence from India

IMF Working Paper No. 16/167
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Prachi Mishra, Peter J. Montiel and Rajeswari Sengupta
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
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Monetary transmission mechanism, India, Banks, Loans, Monetary policy, Inflation targeting, Developing countries, Vector autoregression, Econometric models, monetary policy, bank lending, India

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Dynamic Responses to Policy and Exogenous Shocks in an Empirical Developing-Country Model with Rational Expectations

IMF Working Paper No. 90/25
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque and Peter J. Montiel
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Cross-Regime Tests of the Lucas Supply Function in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 87/28
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel and Iqbal Zaidi
Williams College - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Money Versus Credit in the Determination of Output for Small Open Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 89/78
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Devaluation Crises and the Macroeconomic Consequences of Postponed Adjustment in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 89/11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics
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Crisis Response in Latin America: Is the "Rainy Day" at Hand?

IDB Working Paper No. 571
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Peter J. Montiel
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Dynamics of Devaluation and "Equivalent" Fiscal Policies for a Small Open Economy

IMF Working Paper No. 89/1
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
J. Saul Lizondo and Peter J. Montiel
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Williams College - Department of Economics
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VAR Meets DSGE: Uncovering the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Low-Income Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 16/90
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Bin (Grace) Li, Stephen A. O'Connell, Christopher Scott Adam, Andrew Berg and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund, Swarthmore College - Economics Department, University of Oxford, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Monetary transmission mechanism, Low-income developing countries, Variables (Mathematics), Vector autoregression, General equilibrium models, Monetary Transmission Mechanism; Monetary Policy; Low Income Countries; VectorAutoregression Methods; Monte Carlo Methods

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Devaluation Crises and the Macroeconomic Consequences of Postponed Adjustment in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w2866
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
Sebastian Edwards and Peter J. Montiel
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Global Economics and Management (GEM) Area and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic Stability and Inclusive Growth

IMF Working Paper No. 2021/081
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Oct 2023
Hamid R. Davoodi, Peter J. Montiel and Anna Ter-Martirosyan
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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macroeconomic policy, inclusive growth, inequality, poverty, unemployment, heterogeneous agents

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How Effective is Monetary Transmission in Developing Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8577
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Prachi Mishra, Peter J. Montiel and Antonio Spilimbergo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Williams College - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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developing countries, exchange rate, institutions, monetary policy

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Monetary Policy and Bank Lending Rates in Low-Income Countries: Heterogeneous Panel Estimates

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10230
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Nov 2014
Prachi Mishra, Peter J. Montiel, Peter L. Pedroni and Antonio Spilimbergo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Williams College - Department of Economics, Williams College and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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bank lending, monetary policy, structural panel VAR

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Private Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview of Trends and Determinants

EXTERNAL FINANCE FOR LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, Z. Iqbal and R. Kanbur, eds., International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., 1997
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2009
Peter J. Montiel, Amar Bhattacharya and Sunil Sharma
Williams College - Department of Economics, World Bank and George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs

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Tight Money in a Post-Crisis Defense of the Exchange Rate: What Have We Learned?

World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-23, Spring 2003
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Peter J. Montiel
Williams College - Department of Economics

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