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This presentation comments on John Weiss' Export Growth and Industrial Policy: Lesson from the East Asian Miracle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322744
This presentation comments on Charles Sabel's "Long Term Strategic Policies for Global Competition." The document points out a series of insights, methodologies, and suggestions on three aspects: new stylized facts of economic development, developing economies as Toyoda systems, and clues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323997
This edition of IDEA draws from a forthcoming IDB book, Export Pioneers in Latin America, which analyzes a series of … case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn how pioneers jumpstart a virtuous process … illustrate how an initially successful export activity did not stop with the discovery of a single viable product, but instead …
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This presentation comments on John Weiss' Export Growth and Industrial Policy: Lesson from the East Asian Miracle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654097
This presentation comments on Charles Sabel's "Long Term Strategic Policies for Global Competition." The document points out a series of insights, methodologies, and suggestions on three aspects: new stylized facts of economic development, developing economies as Toyoda systems, and clues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654960
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of fiscal policy, in particular the accumulation of government debt. The authors examine three possible determinants of fiscal balances: opportunistic behavior by policymakers, heterogeneous fiscal preferences of either voters or...
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Several European countries face challenges reminiscent of those faced by the emerging economies of Latin America. The economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and then the busts including Sudden Stops in capital...
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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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The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and fiscal institutional reforms in a region that has experienced plenty of both in recent years, namely...
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Inflation targeting has been adopted in a set of emerging economies, including eight countries in Latin America. The success of this regime may depend critically on the credibility of the target and the expectation that the authorities will take appropriate actions if the target is breached....
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