High inequality in incomes and assets and persistent poverty continue to plague Latin America and remain a central economic policy challenge for Latin American policymakers. At the same time, dramatically improved methods and data allow researchers to analyze these problems and how they are...

The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of education depends on political as well as market...

This volume is based on papers delivered at the second CESifo-Delphi Conferences (Munich, November 2003, and Delphi, June 2004), which are jointly organized by CESifo and the Department of International and European Economic Studies of the Athens University of Economics and Business. The...

Many countries have experienced major economic changes since the mid-1980s as a result of the deregulation and liberalization of national financial systems – two key aspects of globalization – with some experiencing boom and bust in rapid succession. The small Northern European country of...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Crisis of the Early 1990s -- 3 Macroeconomic Policies before and during the Crisis and in the Upswing -- 4 Renewed Growth and Structural Change -- 5 The Importance of Human Capital -- 6 The New Economy in Finland -- 7...

The EU budget : how much scope for institutional reform? / Raymond Ritter -- From the stability and growth pact to a sustainability council for EMU / Jurgen von Hagen -- Supervision of the European banking market / Martin Schuler -- Reasons and implications of inflation differentials within the...