Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations … for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two countries allows us to rule out a … two countries was the earlier policy reforms in Chile that generated faster productivity growth. The most crucial of these …

Both Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s, but Chile recovered much faster than did … of this difference between the two countries was the faster productivity growth in Chile, rather than higher investment … or employment. Our hypothesis is that this difference in productivity was driven by earlier policy reforms in Chile, the …

Chile has become a model for reforming economies throughout the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the … political and economic circumstances surrounding Chile's unilateral trade liberalization during five stages (covering the period … reduce opposition to the reforms. In less than 4 years (1975-1979) Chile eliminated all quantitative restrictions and …

This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We … taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent these reforms helped reduce Chile's rate of unemployment from European …

statement, we compare the polar cases of Chile and Argentina. While Chile exhibited a significant economic slowdown after August …. We attribute their difference to the fact that Chile is more open to trade than Argentina, and that it appears to suffer …

from large multi?country case studies, and from case-studies of Chile and Cote d'Ivoire presented in the paper, shows that …

better economic environment. In this paper I review these sources through the recent experiences of Argentina, Chile and …