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88
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182
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130

Overview

Sebastian Edwards is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a total of 27 publications contributing to this domain. Their work spans several subfields, including General Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Finance; Economics and Econometrics; and Information Systems.

The main topics covered in their research include Economic Theory and Policy, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Global Financial Crisis and Policies, Economic Theory and Institutions, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Market Dynamics and Volatility, and Banking Stability, Regulation, and Efficiency.

Edwards has coauthored research with several frequent collaborators, including Guy J. Maddern, Luis Cabezas, P. Mukherjee, Alexander G. Heriot, and Daniel J. Watson.

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Estudios de economía, and Challenge.

Recent papers by Sebastian Edwards include:

  • MILTON FRIEDMAN IN CHILE: SHOCK THERAPY, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, AND EXCHANGE RATES (2020, Journal of the History of Economic Thought)
  • Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Emerging Markets: The Currency Substitution Challenge (2021, Challenge)
  • Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Monetary Policy, and Real Exchange Rates: Iceland and the 2008 Crisis (2022, Open Economies Review)
  • Milton Friedman and Exchange Rates: History and Controversies (2023, History of Political Economy)
  • Change of monetary regime, contracts, and prices: Lessons from the great depression, 1932-1935 (2020, Journal of International Money and Finance)

Edwards has also published books predominantly with Princeton University Press and University of Minnesota Press. Titles include multiple editions of The Chile Project (2023) published by Princeton University Press and A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960-2017 (2020) published by University of Minnesota Press.

Best Publications

  • The Macroeconomics of Populism

    Rudiger Dornbusch;Sebastian Edwards

  • OPENNESS, PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH: WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW?*

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Openness, Trade Liberalization and Growth In Developing Countries

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Seigniorage and Political Instability

    Alex Cukierman;Sebastian Edwards;Guido Tabellini

  • Real Exchange Rates, Devaluation, and Adjustment: Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries

    Sebastián Edwards

  • Trade orientation, distortions and growth in developing countries

    Sebastian Edwards;Sebastian Edwards

  • Crisis and Reform in Latin America: From Despair to Hope

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Exchange Rates in Emerging Economies: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know?

    Sebastian Edwards;Miguel A. Savastano

  • The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America

    Rüdiger Dornbusch;Sebastian Edwards

  • Seigniorage and Political Stabiliity

    Alex Cukierman;Sebastian Edwards;Guido Tabellini

  • Exchange rate misalignment in developing countries

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Capital Mobility and Economic Performance: Are Emerging Economies Different?

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Real and monetary determinants of real exchange rate behavior: Theory and evidence from developing countries☆

    Sebastian Edwards;Sebastian Edwards

  • LDC's Foreign Borrowing and Default Risk: An Empirical Investigation

    Sebastian Edwards

  • Currency Crises and Collapses

    Rudiger Dornbusch;Ilan Goldfajn;Rodrigo O. Valdes;Sebastian Edwards

  • Monetarism and Liberalization: The Chilean Experiment

    Sebastián Edwards;Alejandra Cox Edwards

  • Flexible Exchange Rates as Shock Absorbers

    Sebastian Edwards;Eduardo Levy Yeyati

  • Controls on Capital Inflows: Do they Work?

    Jose De Gregorio;Sebastian Edwards;Rodrigo Valdés

  • LDC Foreign Borrowing and Default Risk: An Empirical Investigation, 1976-80

    Sebastian Edwards

  • How Effective are Capital Controls

    Sebastian Edwards

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