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The Industrialization of South America Revisited : Evidence from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, 1890-2010

della Paolera, Gerardo - 2018

We use new manufacturing GDP time series to examine the industrialization in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia …

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Sovereign Default, Debt Restructuring, and Recovery Rates : Was the Argentinean “Haircut” Excessive?

Edwards, Sebastian - 2015

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Greece. The results suggest that the haircut imposed by Argentina in its 2005 restructuring (75 …

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Sudden Stop, Financial Factors and Economic Collpase in Latin America : Learning from Argentina and Chile

Calvo, Guillermo A.; Talvi, Ernesto - 2021

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 … 1998, it did not suffer the excruciating collapse suffered by Argentina, where even the payments system came to a full stop …

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Interest Rates, Contagion and Capital Controls

Edwards, Sebastian - 2021

the type Chile implemented throughout most of the 1990s reduce a country's vulnerability to contagion. I also deal, albeit … presented in this paper shows that the effectiveness of Chile's controls on inflows has often been overstated. Indeed, Chile was …

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Exchange Rate Regimes, Capital Flows and Crisis Prevention

Edwards, Sebastian - 2021

In this paper I analyze, within the context of the new 'financial architecture,' the relationship between exchange rate regimes, capital flows and currency crises in emerging economies. The paper draws on lessons learned during the 1990s, and deals with some of the most important policy...

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Speculative Attacks and Models of Balance-of-Payments Crises

Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Bhandari, Jagdeep S.; Flood, … - 2021

This paper reviews recent developments in the theoretical and empirical analysis of balance-of-payments crises. A simple analytical model highlighting the process leading to such crises is first developed. The basic framework is then extended to deal with a variety of issues, such as:...

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Default and Renegotiation of Latin American Foreign Bonds in the Interwar Period

Jorgensen, Erika; Sachs, Jeffrey D. - 2021

borrowing and renegotiation experience of five Latin borrowers (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru). Another goal is …

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Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America : A View and Three Case Studies

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2022

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

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Do Social Connections Reduce Moral Hazard? Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry

Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010

This study investigates the role of social networks in aligning the incentives of economic agents in settings with incomplete contracts. We study the New York City taxi industry where taxis are often leased and lessee-drivers have worse driving outcomes than owner-drivers as a result of a moral...

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Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement, and the Macroeconomy

Krebs, Tom - 2011

We develop a macroeconomic model with physical and human capital, human capital risk, and limited contract enforcement. We show analytically that young (high-return) households are the most exposed to human capital risk and are also the least insured. We document this risk-insurance pattern in...

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