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I discovered the peso problem: Irving Fisher and the UIP puzzle [PDF]

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2013
Irving Fisher was the first economist to posit what has come to be known as uncovered interest parity relation. He was also the first to offer a peso-problem type explanation for important episodes in which it was violated. After reviewing his theoretical and empirical work on this subject, we go on to reexamine both his data and several other bodies -
Lothian, J., Pownall, R.A.J., Koedijk, C.G.   +2 more
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The persistence of the ‘peso problem’ when policy is noisy

Journal of International Money and Finance, 1988
Abstract The ‘peso problem’, the market's belief that a discrete event may occur, has frequently been blamed for the persistence of on-average mistaken forecasts of macroeconomic variables. This paper demonstrates how beliefs that a policy process may have switched can induce apparent ex post biased forecasts of exchange rates even after the switch ...
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What Explains Deviations in the Unbiased Expectations Hypothesis? Market Irrationality vs. the Peso Problem

CFA Digest, 2014
Evidence from this study suggests that investor sentiment and the peso problem play a significant role in explaining expectation errors, rejecting the unbiased expectation hypothesis (UEH). The deviation of the UEH for long-term rates is mainly attributable to expectation errors, whereas the deviation of short-term rates is tied to the term premium. We
Cathy Yi-Hsuan Chen, I-Doun Kuo, Thomas C. Chiang   +2 more
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Dietary Restraint: Far Too Complex to Dismiss as a Fallacy. [PDF]

Int J Eat Disord
ABSTRACT In her commentary Dietary Restraint Fallacy, Jansen argues that the theory linking dietary restraint to binge eating and weight gain can be dismissed as a “fallacy.” This conclusion is largely drawn from Grilo and Pittman, who found that rigid restraint was associated with reduced binge frequency and greater weight loss.
Alvarenga M, Moraes C.
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Clinical-behavioral factors associated with overweight in young adults students [Fatores clínico-comportamentais associados ao excesso ponderal em adultos jovens estudantes] [Factores clínico-conductuales asociados al exceso ponderal en adultos jóvenes estudiantes]

Revista Enfermagem UERJ, 2019
Objetivo: identificar os fatores clínico-comportamentais associados ao excesso ponderal (EP) em adultos jovens estudantes. Método: estudo transversal, realizado com 560 adultos jovens de 26 escolas de uma capital do nordeste brasileiro. Após obtenção dos
Raquel Sampaio Florêncio, Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira   +1 more
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Do Peso Problems Explain the Returns to the Carry Trade? [PDF]

Review of Financial Studies, 2010
We study the properties of the carry trade, a currency speculation strategy in which an investor borrows low-interest-rate currencies and lends high-interest-rate currencies. This strategy generates payoffs that are on average large and uncorrelated with traditional risk factors. We argue that these payoffs reflect a peso problem.
Burnside, C, Eichenbaum, M, Kleshchelski, I, Rebelo, S   +3 more
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POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY AND THE PESO PROBLEM [PDF]

Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, 2006
Se analiza la relación entre la incertidumbre política y el Peso Problem en mercados emergentes. Inicialmente, se asume que el país tiene un sistema de tipo de cambio fijo y que el gobierno actual nunca devaluará. Por otro lado, la oposición política está abierta a la posibilidad de dejar el régimen fijo si es que toma el poder en el futuro.
Javier, Garcia-fronti, Lei, Zhang
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Peso ao Nascer, classe social e mortalidade infantil em Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo Birthweight, social class and infant mortality in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1992
Foi realizado um estudo sobre mortalidade neonatal e pós-neonatal e mortalidade no lº ano de vida de uma coorte de crianças nascidas vivas, de partos hospitalares em Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, cujas mães foram entrevistadas por ocasião do ...
Luis Eduardo A. de Almeida, Marco Antônio Barbieri, Uilho Antônio Gomes, Patrícia Maria dos Reis, Telma M. Chiaratti, Valéria Vasconcelos, Heloisa Bettiol   +6 more
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Índice de massa corporal, percepção do peso corporal e transtornos mentais comuns entre funcionários de uma universidade no Rio de Janeiro Body mass index, body weight perception and common mental disorders among university employees in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2004
OBJETIVO: Foi testada a hipótese de que a autopercepção inadequada do peso corporal, com ou sem obesidade, estaria associada aos transtornos mentais comuns (TMC).
Alessandra Bento Veggi, Claudia S Lopes, Eduardo Faerstein, Rosely Sichieri   +3 more
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Cuba’s Monetary Reform and Triple-Digit Inflation

Latin American Research Review
Diverse elements have driven inflation in the Cuban economy in the early 2020s, but the big-bang devaluation of the peso in 2021—the key measure that unlocks monetary reform—stands out as the main determinant.
Pavel Vidal, Luis R. Luis
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