[fre] L’intégration aux marchés financiers internationaux (IMFI) en Amérique latine n’a pas été aisée. Les expériences étudiées de l’Argentine, du Brésil, du Chili et du Mexique montrent que l’intégration financière n’est pas un objectif facile à atteindre. Le cadre...

This paper studies whether budget rigidities affect the probability of countries getting into fiscal distress and reduce the likelihood of governments performing fiscal adjustments. Budget rigidities are constraints that limit the ability of the government to change the size and structure of the...

This paper explores the determinants of public employment across the world and finds that it is negatively associated with country size (by population) and positively associated with the income level. The findings show that a country's openness to trade is positively associated with public...