The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the main determinants of antidumping actions in Latin America. From a policy perspective, it would be interesting to know whether the application of trade remedy instruments was associated with episodes of a depressed level of economic activity or...

Strong concentration of population and economic activity in a few metropolitan areas is a pervasive feature in several developing countries. Theoretical analyses within the so-called new economic geography have suggested that this phenomenon can be related to trade policies. However, no...

Argentine fiscal federalism is considered to be very inefficient by all specialists. Its allocation of tax and spending authorities, and its system of intergovernmental transfers do not correspond to any economic criteria and provide all sorts of perverse incentives and obstacles for sound...