The Impact of Price Uncertainty: A Study of Brazilian Exchange Rate Policy [Paperback]

Originally published in 1979. This book addresses three questions regarding uncertainty in economic life: how do we define uncertainty and use the concept meaningfully to provide conclusions; how can the level of uncertainty associated with a particular variable of economic interest be measured; and does experience provide any support for the view that uncertainty really matters. It develops a theory of the effect of price uncertainty on production and trade, takes a graphical approach to look at effects of a mean preserving spread to create rules for ordering distributions, and finishes with an econometric analysis of the effects of Brazils adoption of a crawling peg in reducing real exchange rate uncertainty. This is an important early study into the significance of uncertainty.

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Exporting as a Decision Under Uncertainty: The Basic Model 3. The Potential Exporter Under Uncertainty: Extensions of the Basic Model 4. Measuring Changes in Uncertainty 5. Relative Price Incentives to Export: Brazilian Commercial and Exchange Policies and Their Effects 6. An Econometric Test of the Uncertainty Hypothesis 7. Conclusion: Some Observations on Price Uncertainty and Trade. Appendices

Originally published in 1979. This is an important early study into the significance of uncertainty.