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Trade and Poverty in Latin America
Schejtman, Alexander; Berry, Albert; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - Inter-American Development Bank
Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long-standing record in the field, represent the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty...
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Why Do Populist-Outsiders Get Elected?: A Model of Strategic Populists
Miller, Sebastian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history. In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under what conditions he is more likely to be elected. The results show that countries with a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944248
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Why Don't We Tax the Rich? Inequality, Legislative Malapportionment, and Personal Income Taxation around the World
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Ardanaz, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper argues that the details of political institutions help explain the low levels of personal income taxation. In particular, legislative malapportionment enables rich elites to exercise disproportionate political influence. Because over-represented districts tend to be dominated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944479
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An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes
Patten, Christopher; Whitehead, Laurence; Álamo, Óscar del - Inter-American Development Bank
"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the …: democracy, governance and well-being. The book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference that address …, particularly in Latin America. This book aims to contribute to the reflection and debate on the issues of democracy, governance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772493
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Party Age and Party Color: New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality
Keefer, Philip; Milanovic, Branko - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240346
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Inter-Fuel Competition in Electricity Generation
Bailey, Jed - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel) and renewable or carbon-free energy sources (including hydro, wind, solar, nuclear and geothermal). A meta-study of power generation technology capital costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653447
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Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Stein, Ernesto H.; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Veto player theory argues that a higher number of veto players lowers the likelihood of change; in turn, policies that do not change help to sustain commitments but may prevent adaptation to changing circumstances. This paper challenges that claim of veto player theory by arguing that policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943664
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Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability
Iturralde, Diego; Krotz, Esteban; Cárdenas, Víctor; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294044
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DataGov: Governance Indicators Database Title: DataGob: Base de datos de indicadores de gobernabilidad
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2007
cover four major areas: democracy, markets, public sector management and rule of law, as well as a number of key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673437
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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 and robust effect of public debt on growth. Strong institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943753