This document analyzes the patterns of fiscal and monetary policy in five economies of the Latin American Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) during four episodes of international crises: 1994, 1997-1999, 2001 and 2008. In contrast with earlier episodes when most...

This paper seeks to identify the most promising fiscal strategy to boost long-term economic growth in Argentina and quantify its effects. To this end, the authors updated a growth-diagnostics study for Argentina and corroborated that low appropriability of social returns and insufficient public...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of the Fourth Edition -- Chapter 2. National Income Accounts -- Chapter 3. Budget Deficits, Trade Deficits and Global Capital Flows: The National Savings Identity -- Chapter 4. Aggregate Demand: Setting the Stage for Demand-Side Stabilization -- Chapter 5....