TY - BOOK AU - Engel,Eduardo AU - Meller Bock,Patricio ED - Corporación de Investigaciones Económicas para Latinoamérica (CIEPLAN) ED - Inter-American Development Bank. TI - External shocks and stabilization mechanisms SN - 094060258X (pbk.) AV - HC 165 E96 1993 U1 - 339.5/098 PY - 1993/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Inter-American Development Bank, Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Economic stabilization KW - Chile KW - Venezuela KW - Bolivia KW - Estabilización económica KW - Export marketing KW - Comercialización de exportación KW - Bonds KW - Latin America KW - Bonos KW - América Latina N1 - "Centers for Research in Applied Economics"--Cover; "CIEPLAN"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 249) and index; Ch. 1. Review of Stabilization Mechanisms for Primary Commodity Exporters / Eduardo Engel and Patricia Meller Ch. 2. Temporary Shocks and Stabilization Mechanisms: The Chilean Case / Miguel Basch and Eduardo Engel Ch. 3. An Optimal Spending Rule Facing Oil Income Uncertainty (Venezuela) / Ricardo Hausmann, Andrew Powell and Roberto Rigobon Ch. 4. Temporary External Shocks and Stabilization Policies for Bolivia / Juan Antonio Morales, Justo Espejo and Gonzalo Chavez Ch. 5. New Financial Instruments: An Introduction to Futures and Options / Rodrigo Valdes N2 - Latin America's economic debate focuses on international price movements of primary commodities. This explores how short-term effects of international commodity price fluctuations can be neutralized. It analyzes two potential stabilization mechanisms: stabilization funds and financial instruments ER -