Author: Raquel Bernal
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815722249
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
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 2011
Author: Raquel Bernal
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815722249
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
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
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815722249
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
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 2019
Author: Marcela Eslava
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815738188
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
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
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815738188
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
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: Fall 2018
Author: Marcela Eslava
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815737041
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
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
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815737041
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
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
Evo's Bolivia
Author: Linda C. Farthing
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292758685
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
An accessible account of Evo Morales's first six years in office, offering analysis of major issues as well as interviews with a wide variety of people, resulting in a valuable primer on Bolivia and Morales's "process of change".
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292758685
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
An accessible account of Evo Morales's first six years in office, offering analysis of major issues as well as interviews with a wide variety of people, resulting in a valuable primer on Bolivia and Morales's "process of change".
Economic Growth and Macroeconomic Stabilization Policies in Post-Keynesian Economics
Author: Hassan Bougrine
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1786439573
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Hassan Bougrine, Louis-Philippe Rochon and the expert contributors to this book explore issues of economic growth and full employment; presenting a clear explanation to stagnation, recessions and crises, including the latest Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8. With a central focus on the role played by government spending, deficits and debt as well as the setting of interest rates, the chapters propose alternative policies that can be used by central banks and fiscal authorities to deal with problems of income inequality, unemployment and slow productivity.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1786439573
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Hassan Bougrine, Louis-Philippe Rochon and the expert contributors to this book explore issues of economic growth and full employment; presenting a clear explanation to stagnation, recessions and crises, including the latest Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8. With a central focus on the role played by government spending, deficits and debt as well as the setting of interest rates, the chapters propose alternative policies that can be used by central banks and fiscal authorities to deal with problems of income inequality, unemployment and slow productivity.
Pax Economica
Author: Marc-William Palen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691205132
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peace Today, free trade is often associated with right-wing free marketeers. In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen shows that free trade and globalisation in fact have roots in nineteenth-century left-wing politics. In this counterhistory of an idea, Palen explores how, beginning in the 1840s, left-wing globalists became the leaders of the peace and anti-imperialist movements of their age. By the early twentieth century, an unlikely alliance of liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians envisioned free trade as essential for a prosperous and peaceful world order. Of course, this vision was at odds with the era’s strong predilections for nationalism, protectionism, geopolitical conflict, and colonial expansion. Palen reveals how, for some of its most radical left-wing adherents, free trade represented a hard-nosed critique of imperialism, militarism, and war. Palen shows that the anti-imperial component of free trade was a phenomenon that came to encompass the political left wing within the British, American, Spanish, German, Dutch, Belgian, Italian, Russian, French, and Japanese empires. The left-wing vision of a “pax economica” evolved to include supranational regulation to maintain a peaceful free-trading system—which paved the way for a more liberal economic order after World War II and such institutions as the United Nations, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization. Palen’s findings upend how we think about globalisation, free trade, anti-imperialism, and peace. Rediscovering the left-wing history of globalism offers timely lessons for our own era of economic nationalism and geopolitical conflict.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691205132
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peace Today, free trade is often associated with right-wing free marketeers. In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen shows that free trade and globalisation in fact have roots in nineteenth-century left-wing politics. In this counterhistory of an idea, Palen explores how, beginning in the 1840s, left-wing globalists became the leaders of the peace and anti-imperialist movements of their age. By the early twentieth century, an unlikely alliance of liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians envisioned free trade as essential for a prosperous and peaceful world order. Of course, this vision was at odds with the era’s strong predilections for nationalism, protectionism, geopolitical conflict, and colonial expansion. Palen reveals how, for some of its most radical left-wing adherents, free trade represented a hard-nosed critique of imperialism, militarism, and war. Palen shows that the anti-imperial component of free trade was a phenomenon that came to encompass the political left wing within the British, American, Spanish, German, Dutch, Belgian, Italian, Russian, French, and Japanese empires. The left-wing vision of a “pax economica” evolved to include supranational regulation to maintain a peaceful free-trading system—which paved the way for a more liberal economic order after World War II and such institutions as the United Nations, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization. Palen’s findings upend how we think about globalisation, free trade, anti-imperialism, and peace. Rediscovering the left-wing history of globalism offers timely lessons for our own era of economic nationalism and geopolitical conflict.
Open for Business
Author: Richard Feinberg
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815727682
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
An expert guide to Cuba’s economic opening to the outside world. Ninety miles across the Straits of Florida, an exciting new revolution is afoot. This time, instead of guerillas marching down the streets of Havana, it is a global economy that will upend Cuba. Now opening to the world, what new forms is this nascent economy likely to take? Open for Business: The New Cuban Economy, Richard E. Feinberg’s new book, examines the Cuban economy as it makes its early steps into developing a more dynamic market economy. He examines key issues like the role foreign investors will play, how Cubans will forge a path to entrepreneurship, and the roadmaps suggested by other emerging economies. As Cuba’s economy awakens from the post-Castro dream, it will do so with a flavor that is uniquely Cuban. Feinberg’s book—enriched by interviews and in-depth field research conducted over the last five years—speaks both to Cuba’s legacy and to its new horizons on the world stage.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815727682
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
An expert guide to Cuba’s economic opening to the outside world. Ninety miles across the Straits of Florida, an exciting new revolution is afoot. This time, instead of guerillas marching down the streets of Havana, it is a global economy that will upend Cuba. Now opening to the world, what new forms is this nascent economy likely to take? Open for Business: The New Cuban Economy, Richard E. Feinberg’s new book, examines the Cuban economy as it makes its early steps into developing a more dynamic market economy. He examines key issues like the role foreign investors will play, how Cubans will forge a path to entrepreneurship, and the roadmaps suggested by other emerging economies. As Cuba’s economy awakens from the post-Castro dream, it will do so with a flavor that is uniquely Cuban. Feinberg’s book—enriched by interviews and in-depth field research conducted over the last five years—speaks both to Cuba’s legacy and to its new horizons on the world stage.
The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations in the New Millennium
Author: Margaret Myers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317214072
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this book, China-Latin America relations experts Margaret Myers and Carol Wise examine the political and economic forces that have underpinned Chinese engagement in the region, as well as the ways in which these forces have shaped economic sectors and policy-making in Latin America. The contributors begin with a review of developments in cross-Pacific statecraft, including the role of private, state-level, sub-national, and extra-regional actors that have influenced China-Latin America engagement in recent years. Part two of the book examines the variety of Latin American development trajectories borne of China’s growing global presence. Contributors analyse the effects of Chinese engagement on specific economic sectors, clusters (the LAC emerging economies), and sub-regions (Central America, the Southern Cone of South America, and the Andean region). Individual case studies draw out these themes. This volume is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on China-Latin America relations. It illuminates the complex interplay between economics and politics that has characterized China’s relations with the region as a second decade of enhanced economic engagement draws to a close. This volume is an indispensable read for students, scholars and policy makers wishing to gain new insights into the political economy of China-Latin America relations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317214072
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this book, China-Latin America relations experts Margaret Myers and Carol Wise examine the political and economic forces that have underpinned Chinese engagement in the region, as well as the ways in which these forces have shaped economic sectors and policy-making in Latin America. The contributors begin with a review of developments in cross-Pacific statecraft, including the role of private, state-level, sub-national, and extra-regional actors that have influenced China-Latin America engagement in recent years. Part two of the book examines the variety of Latin American development trajectories borne of China’s growing global presence. Contributors analyse the effects of Chinese engagement on specific economic sectors, clusters (the LAC emerging economies), and sub-regions (Central America, the Southern Cone of South America, and the Andean region). Individual case studies draw out these themes. This volume is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on China-Latin America relations. It illuminates the complex interplay between economics and politics that has characterized China’s relations with the region as a second decade of enhanced economic engagement draws to a close. This volume is an indispensable read for students, scholars and policy makers wishing to gain new insights into the political economy of China-Latin America relations.
Public Debt, Global Governance and Economic Dynamism
Author: Luigi Paganetto
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 8847053315
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on “Public debt, global governance and economic dynamism”. For the past 23 years, the Seminar has provided an ideal opportunity to meet and discuss the most topical issues in economic research. The quality of the scientific contributions and ensuing debates has consistently been outstanding owing to the participation of leading experts, and the most recent Seminar was no exception. The Seminar was held against the backdrop of high levels of public debt, especially in Europe, combined with very low growth in productivity. Furthermore, markets have been dominated by financial instability, raising the question of whether this is the result of the high debt levels or insufficient economic dynamism. Among the topics covered in this book are the economic challenges and growth policies in the United States; issues relating to the G20, global governance and regional integration; EU governance, growth and the Eurozone crisis; and EMU policy and public debt. Individual contributions also address the impact of labor market reforms, the need for sectoral rebalancing in the Euro area, fiscal multipliers and public debt dynamics, and the effects of fiscal shocks in Italy. The book concludes with a contribution on policy recommendations.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 8847053315
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on “Public debt, global governance and economic dynamism”. For the past 23 years, the Seminar has provided an ideal opportunity to meet and discuss the most topical issues in economic research. The quality of the scientific contributions and ensuing debates has consistently been outstanding owing to the participation of leading experts, and the most recent Seminar was no exception. The Seminar was held against the backdrop of high levels of public debt, especially in Europe, combined with very low growth in productivity. Furthermore, markets have been dominated by financial instability, raising the question of whether this is the result of the high debt levels or insufficient economic dynamism. Among the topics covered in this book are the economic challenges and growth policies in the United States; issues relating to the G20, global governance and regional integration; EU governance, growth and the Eurozone crisis; and EMU policy and public debt. Individual contributions also address the impact of labor market reforms, the need for sectoral rebalancing in the Euro area, fiscal multipliers and public debt dynamics, and the effects of fiscal shocks in Italy. The book concludes with a contribution on policy recommendations.
The Economic Development of Europe's Regions
Author: Joan Ramón Rosés
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429831722
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This book is the first quantitative description of Europe’s economic development at a regional level over the entire twentieth century. Based on a new and comprehensive set of data, it brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of European regions, both for nation states and for Europe as a whole. This provides a new transnational perspective on Europe’s quantitative development, offering for the first time a systematic long-run analysis of national policies independent from the use of national statistical units. The new transnational dimension of data allows for the analysis of national policies in a more thorough way than ever before. The book provides a comprehensive database at the level of modern NUTS 2 regions for the period 1900–2010 in 10-year intervals, and a panoramic view of economic development both below and above the national level. It will be of great interest to economic historians, economic geographers, development economists and those with an interest in economic growth.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429831722
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This book is the first quantitative description of Europe’s economic development at a regional level over the entire twentieth century. Based on a new and comprehensive set of data, it brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of European regions, both for nation states and for Europe as a whole. This provides a new transnational perspective on Europe’s quantitative development, offering for the first time a systematic long-run analysis of national policies independent from the use of national statistical units. The new transnational dimension of data allows for the analysis of national policies in a more thorough way than ever before. The book provides a comprehensive database at the level of modern NUTS 2 regions for the period 1900–2010 in 10-year intervals, and a panoramic view of economic development both below and above the national level. It will be of great interest to economic historians, economic geographers, development economists and those with an interest in economic growth.