La literatura criminal : Viajes de ida y de vuelta

Los géneros literarios se constituyen a través de prácticas hipertextuales. El caso del género criminal tanto en España como en Hispanoamérica no es menos. Aunque nace con conciencia de género gracias a las primeras creaciones de Edgar Allan Poe, llega a la lengua hispana para establecerse y transculturalizarse sobre la base de las propias tradiciones autóctonas. A partir de las relaciones entre los escritores de ambos continentes, el género va a desarrollarse en las dos últimas décadas con un hibridismo y dinamismo que, sin ese movimiento, no sería posible. En esta ponencia se analizarán así las incursiones de novelas criminales que traspasan el océano en viajes de ida y de vuelta. Así, estudiaré los viajes del detective hispano Pepe Carvalho a Buenos Aires y México, pero también las investigaciones ficticias -metalépticas y póstumas- de Vázquez Montalbán en Muertos incómodos del Subcomandante Marcos y de Taibo II. Para, en segundo lugar, analizar de qué forma la literatura criminal hispanoamericana llega a España, centrándome en las novelas y otros textos narrativos de Raúl Argemí, que tratan temas de acá, para dejar sus huellas argentinas allá, desde la perspectiva de este congreso, detrás del charco.

Liability dollarization and fear of floating

This paper explores the idea that fear of floating can be justified as an optimal discretionary monetary policy in a dollarized emerging economy. Specifically, I consider a small open economy in which intermediate goods importers borrow in foreign currency and face a credit constraint. In this economy, exchange rate depreciation not only worsens importers' net-worth but also increases the financing amount in domestic currency, therefore exaggerating their borrowing finance premium. Besides, because of high exchange rate pass-through into import prices, fluctuations in the exchange rate also have strong impacts on domestic prices and production. These effects, together, magnify the macroeconomic consequences of the floating exchange rate policy in response to external shocks. The paper shows that the floating exchange rate regime is dominated by the fixed exchange rate regime in the role of cushioning shocks and in welfare terms.

The asset/liability structure of the Philippine banks and non-bank financial institutions in 2000s : a preliminary study for financial access analyses

Based on the consolidated statements data of the universal/commercial banks (UKbank) and non-bank financial institutions with quasi-banking licenses, this paper presents a keen necessity of obtaining data in detail on both sides (assets and liabilities) of their financial conditions and further analyses. Those would bring more adequate assessments on the Philippine financial system, especially with regard to each financial subsector's financing/lending preferences and behavior. The paper also presents a possibility that the skewed locational and operational distribution exists in the non-UKbank financial subsectors. It suggests there may be a significant deviation from the authorities' (the BSP, SEC and others) intended/anticipated financial system in the banking/non-bank financial institutions' real operations.