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Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: The Effects of Open Skies Agreement
Micco, Alejandro; Serebrisky, Tomás - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Is it worthwhile to implement policies designed to increase competition in transport markets? Focusing on air transport, this paper quantifies the effects of liberalization of air...
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The Politics of Financial Development - The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Although financial development is good for long-term growth, not all countries pursue policies that render full financial development. This paper builds on an extensive political economy literature to construct a theoretical model showing that the intensity of opposition to financial development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677812
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Prudent Banks and Creative Mimics: Can We Tell the Difference?
Powell, Andrew; Miller, Marcus; Maier, Antonia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The recent financial crisis has forced a rethink of banking regulation and supervision and the role of financial … innovation. This paper develops a model where prudent banks may signal their type through high capital ratios. Capital regulation … supervision detects risky behavior ex ante then it is complementary to capital regulation. However, financial innovation may erode …
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Universal Access to Broadband and Service Programs: A Comparative Study
Zaballos, Antonio García; Foditsch, Nathalia - Inter-American Development Bank
Broadband is key to inclusive growth. It contributes substantially to social and economic development in the areas of job creation, business investment, and online services, among others. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have already initiated reforms of their...
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Programa de Aplicación de los Principios Generales para los Mercados de Remesas de América Latina y el Caribe: Perú
Latinoamericanos, Centro de Estudios Monetarios; … - Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2010
Informe público final - Programa de aplicación de los principios generales para los mercados de remesas de América Latina y el Caribe - PERU
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Program for Application of General Principles for Latin American and Caribbean Remittance Markets: Guatemala
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2010
Guatemala - Final public report about the Program for application of general principles for Latin American and Caribbean remittance market
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Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone
Beato, Paulina; Benavides, Juan; Bondorevsky, Diego; … - Inter-American Development Bank
"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's Southern Cone region. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gas industry's evolution in the region,...
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Competition Policy in Regulated Industries: Approaches for Emerging Economies
Aubert, Cécile; Laffont, Jean-Jacques; Serra, Pablo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
private participation prevails, with competition and regulation playing complementary roles. However, even though competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772411
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Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What Works for Latin America Title: Cómo lograr sistemas financieros sólidos y seguros en América Latina
Urrutia, Miguel; Torre, Augusto de la; Weisbrod, Steven R. - Inter-American Development Bank
In this book, policymakers, academics and market practitioners exchange views on the current economic situation, appropriate financial regulatory and supervisory standards, design of financial market institutions, and efficient safety nets for banks and other financial institutions. This volume...
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Market or State?: Three Decades of Reform in the Latin American Electric Power Industry Title: Entre el mercado y el Estado: Tres décadas de reformas en el sector eléctrico de Amér...
Millán, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank
The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the difficulties encountered in the last three decades in implementing all types of models, Market or State?...
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