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Volatile capital flows : taming their impact on Latin America

Hausmann, Ricardo (ed.); Rojas-Suárez, Liliana (contributor) - 1996

Pt. 1. The macroeconomics of capital flows to Latin America, experience and policy issues / Michael Gavin, Ricardo Hausmann, and Leonardo Leiderman. Commentary / Michael Bruno ... [et al.]. Conclusion to Part 1 / Jacob Frenkel -- Pt. 2. Achieving stability in Latin American financial markets in...

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Savings and investment requirements for the resumption of growth in Latin America

Bacha, Edmar Lisboa (contributor) - 1993

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Brazil : responses to the debt crisis ; impact on savings, investment, and growth

Dinsmoor, James - 1990

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm...

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age,...

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En route to modern growth : Latin America in the 1990s; essays in honor of Carlos Díaz-Alejandro

Ranis, Gustav (ed.); … - 1994

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Government Debt and Economic Growth

Calderón, César; Fuentes, J. Rodrigo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

The growth prospects of a nation are stymied by the burden of government debt. This study has two goals: first, it tests whether public debt hinders growth; and, second, it explores whether economic policy ameliorates this effect. A large panel data of countries for 1970-2010 reveal a negative...

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Taxation and Economic Growth in Latin America

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Tax policy is among the most common and relevant instruments in the toolkit of policy-makers when thinking about promoting growth, yet there is not compelling evidence regarding its effect in Latin American countries. Using a variety of approaches, we estimate the effects on growth of the most...

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Corporate Tax Stimulus and Investment in Colombia

Galindo, Arturo José; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper uses a yearly dataset of plant-level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007 to assess … significant correlation is found between the boom observed in investment and the adoption of the tax policy. However, the … tests. Overall, it is concluded that the tax stimulus analyzed was ineffective in promoting investment in Colombia. …

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A Cycle-Adjusted Fiscal Rule for Sustainable and More Equitable Growth in Argentina

Zúñiga, Jimena; Capello, Marcelo; Butler, Inés; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

appropriability of social returns and insufficient public infrastructure are key constraints to private investment. Further, low …

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