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Economia: Fall 2009

Author : Eduardo Engel

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 43,82 MB

Release : 2010-12-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815704682

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Tentative contents include Credit Ratings in the Presence of Bailout: The Case of Mexican Subnational Government Debt Fausto Hernández-Trillo and Ricardo Smith-Ramírez (CIDE) Thirty Years of Currency Crises in Argentina: External Shocks or Domestic Fragility? Graciela Kaminsky (George Washington University), Amine Mati (IMF), and Nada Choueiri (IMF) Do Longer School Days Have Enduring Educational, Occupational, or Income Effects? A Natural Experiment on the Effects of Lengthening Primary School Days in Buenos Aires, Argentina Juan J. Llach (IAE-Universidad Austral, Argentina), Cecilia Adrogué (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina), and María Elina Gigaglia (IAE-Universidad Austral) Who Saw Sovereign Debt Crises Coming? Sebastián Nieto-Parra (OECD)



Economía Fall 2011

Author : Raquel Bernal

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 199 pages

File Size : 26,70 MB

Release : 2011-11-11

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815722249

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Contents: Editors' Summary A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America Jeffrey A. Frankel Inflation Targeting in Latin America: Toward a Monetary Union? Marc Hofstetter Is Violence against Union Members in Colombia Systematic and Targeted? Daniel Mejía and María José Uribe The Dynamics of Income Inequality in Mexico since NAFTA Geraldo Esquivel



Economía: Fall 2010

Author : Raquel Bernal

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 19,12 MB

Release : 2011-03-09

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815721609

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Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Fall 2010 Contents: • Editors' Summary • Reforming Pensions: Lessons from Economic Theory and Some Policy Directions By Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond • Containing Systemic Risk: Paradigm-Based Perspectives on Regulatory Reform By Augusto De la Torre and Alain Ize • Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in Colombia By Camilo Mondragón-Vélez, Ximena Peña, and Daniel Wills • Communicational Bias in Monetary Policy: Can Words Forecast Deeds? By Pablo Pincheira and Mauricio Calani



Economía: Fall 2018

Author : Marcela Eslava

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 45,79 MB

Release : 2018-11-20

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815737041

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This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries. Contents: 1. Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution Verónica Amarante and Martín Brun 2. How Sensitive Is Regional Poverty Measurement in Latin America to the Value of the Poverty Line? R. Andrés Castañeda, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Gasparini, Leonardo R. Lucchetti, and Daniel Valderrama 3. Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach Francisco J. M. Costa, João S. de Faria, Felipe S. Iachan, and Bárbara Caballero 4. Fool’s Gold: The Impact of Venezuelan Currency Devaluations on Multinational Stock Prices Dany Bahar, Carlos A. Molina, and Miguel Angel Santos 5. Downward Wage Rigidities in the Mexican Labor Market: 1996–2011 Laura Juarez and Daniel Casarin de la Cabada 6. I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia Leopoldo Fergusson, Carlos Molina, and Juan Felipe Riaño



Economía: Fall 2019

Author : Marcela Eslava

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 14,24 MB

Release : 2019-12-31

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815738188

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This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries. Contents: Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theory and Policy Considerations Martín Caruso Bloeck, Sebastian Galiani, and Pablo Ibarrarán Pension Income Indexation: A Mean-Variance Approach Rodrigo lluberas The Impact of Police Presence on Drug-Trade-Related Violence Emiliano Tealde Productivity and Reallocation: Evidence from Ecuadorian Firm-Level Data Anson T. Y. Ho, Kim P. Huynh, and David T. Jacho-Chávez Can a Small Social Pension Promote Labor Force Participation? Evidence from the Colombia Mayor Program Tobias Pfutze and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán Sovereign Credit Ratings in Latin America and the Caribbean: History and Impact on Bond Spreads Inés Bustillo, Daniel Perrotti, and Helvia Velloso



Economía 2010

Author : Roberto Rigobón

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 50,31 MB

Release : 2011-03-09

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815721595

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Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Fall 2010 Contents: • Editors' Summary • Reforming Pensions: Lessons from Economic Theory and Some Policy DirectionsBy Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond • Containing Systemic Risk: Paradigm-Based Perspectives on Regulatory ReformBy Augusto De la Torre and Alain Ize • Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in ColombiaBy Camilo Mondragón-Vélez, Ximena Peña, and Daniel Wills • Communicational Bias in Monetary Policy: Can Words Forecast Deeds?By Pablo Pincheira and Mauricio Calani



Economía: Spring 2012

Author : Raquel Bernal

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 43,26 MB

Release : 2012-05-25

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815723733

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Tentative contents include - Price Setting in Retailing: The Case of Uruguay Fernando Borraz (Banco Central de Uruguay) and Leandro Zipitria (Universidad de Montevideo) - Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007 Stephen Haber (Stanford University) and Aldo Musacchio (Harvard Business School) - On the Transmission of Global Shocks to Latin America before and after China's Emergency in the World Economy Alessandro Rebucci (IADB) - Adapting Natural Resource Intensive Enterprises under Global Warming in Latin America S. Niggol Seo (University of Sydney)



The Pertinence of Caricom in the 21St Century: Some Perspectives

Author : Hon. Prof. Sir Kenneth O. Hall

Publisher : Trafford Publishing

Page : 493 pages

File Size : 16,36 MB

Release : 2012-09-14

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1466941472

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The papers in this editor's choice from among the many articles, books and other commentaries that have provided clear and reasoned responses and solutions, to inform and guide our leaders in the creation of a Community for All. The publication posits that the time has come for the citizens of the Caribbean Community to be brought formally into the process that directly affects them and their capacity to live better lives. It advocates the need for them to be informed and educated so that they can better appreciate what benefits Community membership has brought them. Armed with such information they will be better equipped to take increasingly more positive action in their collective interest.



Economía: Spring 2011

Author : Raquel Bernal

Publisher : Brookings Institution Press

Page : 215 pages

File Size : 23,99 MB

Release : 2011-05-03

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0815722206

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Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Spring 2011 Contents: • Editors' Summary • Buying Less but Shopping More: The Use of Nonmarket Labor during a Crisis By David McKenzie and Ernesto Schargrodsky • Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence By Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura, and Peter Montiel • Do Political Budget Cycles Differ in Latin American Democracies? By Lorena G. Barberia and George Avelino • Recent Trends in Income Inequality in Latin America By Leonardo Gasparini, Guillermo Cruces, and Leopoldo Tornarolli