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-income Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. It explores the role played by several …"" within Brazil and Peru- the estimated speeds of convergence for these countries more than double after controlling for … different subnational levels of steady state. For the latter countries and Chile, convergence is also higher after controlling …
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the long term. We illustrate its features by applying it to the LAC5 (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico …
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During the past two years Latin America has received sizable international capital inflows. This paper compares the recent experience with that of the late 1970s. The analysis examines differences and similarities between the two episodes in three broad areas: domestic macroeconomic conditions...
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This paper constructs new business cycle indices for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico based on common dynamic …
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Six Latin American countries have levied taxes on withdrawals from bank accounts, which have been viewed as a convenient tax handle during a difficult fiscal period. The paper reviews the arguments for and against this type of taxation, describes the taxes, and surveys their revenue performance...
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This paper highlights that central banks from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru (the LA5 countries) reaped the …
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, Colombia Mexico-and three East Asian countries-Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It identifies a number of potential sustainability … forward a notion of current account sustainability and compares the experience of three Latin American countries-Chile …
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This paper examines the demand for money under conditions of very high inflation in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile …
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sectors of Colombia and Mexico. The findings show that investment patterns in these countries resemble those reported for the …
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(Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) during 1970-1993. It presents evidence on the relative size of dollarization, the …
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