Published research from the BIS Representative Office for the Americas

Research articles, publications and presentations by BIS staff members of the Representative Office for the Americas:

Sep 2008: Central Banking in a Regional Economic Setting: Possible Contributions to Integration

Speech delivered by Mr Gregor Heinrich, Chief Representative, Bank for International Settlements at the Central Bank of Barbados' 35th Anniversary Lecture/Panel Discussion

Sep 2008: New Financing Trends in Latin America: an Overview of Selected Issues and Policy Challenges

Economic Review, Vol. 93 No. 3

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

by Camilo E. Tovar co-authored with Myriam Quispe-Agnoli (FRB Atlanta)

Sep 2008: DSGE models and central banks

BIS Working Papers No. 258

by Camilo E. Tovar

Apr 2008: External and domestic financing in Latin America: developments, sustainability and financial stability implications

By Camilo E. Tovar, co-authored with José A. Ocampo (Columbia University) Prepared for the United Nations workshop "Debt finance and emerging issues in finacial integration", New York April 8-9, 2008.

Feb 2008: New financing trends in Latin America: a bumpy road towards stability

BIS Papers No 36, conference proceedings from a meeting hosted by the BIS and the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of Atlanta, Mexico City, May 2007.

Sep 2007: Securitisation in Latin America

BIS Quarterly Review, September 2007 (pp. 71-82)

by Michela Scatigna and Camilo E Tovar

Sep 2007: El seguro de depósito dentro de la red de seguridad financiera

by Gregor C Heinrich

Jun 2007: The search for liquidity in the Brazilian domestic government bond market

BIS Quarterly Review, June 2007 (pp. 69-82)

by André Amante, Márcio Araujo and Serge Jeanneau

Feb 2007: Riesgo operacional, pagos, sistemas de pago y aplicación de Basilea II en América Latina: evolución más reciente

by Gregor C Heinrich

Article in CEMLA Bulletin, Vol LII, no 4 (Oct-Dec 2006), pp 191-204.

Feb 2007: Evolving banking systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and implications for monetary policy and financial stability

BIS Papers No 33, conference proceedings from a meeting for senior central bankers hosted by the BIS in collaboration with the Bank of Jamaica on 26-27 January 2006, in Kingston, Jamaica.

Jan 2007: Determinación de estándares internacionales. Hacia la certidumbre jurídica y la estabilidad financiera

by Gregor C Heinrich

In: Panaroma Internacional de Derecho Mercantil. Culturas y Sistemas Jurídicos Comparados (Vol 1, November 2006)

Oct 2006: Analysis of devaluations and output dynamics in Latin America using an estimated DSGE model

by Camilo Tovar

Paper presented at the 2006 Central Bank Workshop on Macroeconomic Modelling, Santiago, Chile, 28-29 September 2006.

Sep 2006: Devaluations, output and the balance sheet effect: a structural econometric analysis

BIS Working Papers No. 215

by Camilo Tovar

Jul 2006: Operational risk, payments, payment systems and implementation of Basel II in Latin America: recent developments

by Gregor Heinrich

Based on a presentation given at the ELUS (regional SWIFT users conference), Santiago de Chile, 4 July 2006.

Jun 2006: Domestic bond markets in Latin America: achievements and challenges

BIS Quarterly Review, June 2006 (pp. 51-64)

by Serge Jeanneau and Camilo E Tovar

Versión en español

May 2006: Acceso a medios de pagos : recomendaciones del CPSS

by Gregor Heinrich

Based on a presentation at XII Asamblea anual del grupo regional para América Latina y el Caribe del Instituto Mundial de Cajas de Ahorro: "Cambios estructurales para ampliar el acceso a los servicios financieros", Mexico City, 12 May 2006.

Feb 2006: International initiatives towards harmonisation in the field of funds transfers, payments, payment systems, and securities settlement: an annotated bibliography

by Gregor Heinrich

Updated version, February 2006

Jan 2006: En cuanto a la composición por monedas de sus carteras

by Angus Butler

Published in Moneda, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, 2005, No.131, p. 26-28

Dec 2005: Reducing financial vulnerability: the development of the domestic government bond market in Mexico

BIS Quarterly Review, December 2005 (pp. 95-107)

by Serge Jeanneau, coauthored with Carlos Pérez Verdia (Banco de México)

Versión en Español

Dec 2005: International government debt denominated in local currency: recent developments in Latin America

BIS Quarterly Review, December 2005 (pp. 109-118)

by Camilo Tovar

Versión en Español

Dec 2005: The mechanics of devaluations and the output response in a DSGE model: how relevant is the balance sheet effect?

BIS Working Papers No. 192

by Camilo Tovar

Oct 2005: Recomendaciones del Comité de Basilea sobre el gobierno corporativo de bancos

by Gregor Heinrich

Panel presentation at "Seminario Regional-CEF - Gobierno Corporativo, Responsabilidad Social y Transparencia" at Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, 17 October 2005.

Aug 2005: Devaluations, output and the balance sheet effect: a structural econometric analysis

by Camilo Tovar

Paper presented at Econometric Society World Congress 2005, London.

Apr 2005: Basilea II - Fundamentos, discreción nacional, y la ruta crítica para su implementación"

by Gregor Heinrich

Inaugural presentation at Congreso Bancario de Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana , El Salvador, 13-15 April 2005.

Mar 2005: El seguro de depósitos como parte de la red de estabilidad financiera

by Gregor Heinrich

Presentation at the Foro de Seguro de Depósitos - una Perspectiva Internacional, Mexico City, 7 March 2005

Nov 2004: Los retos del nuevo acuerdo de capital para los países en desarrollo y la función del BIS

by Gregor Heinrich

Published in Revista de Temas Financieros / Journal of financial issues (Peru), Vol 1, No 1, 2004, p.111-125

Aug 2004: "El seguro de depósitos y la estabilidad financiera" (Deposit insurance and financial stability)

(Deposit insurance and financial stability)

by Gregor Heinrich

Remarks at the international seminar on "El seguro de depósitos en Latinoamérica, retos y perspectivas", organised by the Latin American Regional Committee (LARC/CRAL) of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI), Acapulco, Mexico, 26-27 August 2004.

A Portguese translation of this presentation, "Seguro de depósito e estabilidad e financeira", is available on the website of the FGC

Dec 2003: Colombia's experience with reserve requirements on capital inflows

by Camilo Tovar, co-authored with José A. Ocampo (United Nations)

CEPAL Review No. 81. (Versión en español )

Oct 2003: CPSS Core Principles for Payment Systems

by Gregor Heinrich

Published in Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Vol. 2, Washington, D.C. : IMF, 2003, p.691-722

Mar 2003: Volatility and derivatives turnover: a tenuous relationship

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2003 (pp. 57-66)

by Serge Jeanneau, coauthored with Marian Micu

Jun 2002: Determinants of international bank lending to emerging market countries

BIS Working papers No. 112

by Serge Jeanneau, co-authored with Marian Micu

Mar 2002: International bank lending to emerging market countries: explaining the 1990s roller coaster

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2002 (pp. 52-64)

by Serge Jeanneau, coauthored with Marian Micu