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

to understand the extent to which the crisis mattered for countries other than Argentina and England. Using a new …

statement, we compare the polar cases of Chile and Argentina. While Chile exhibited a significant economic slowdown after August … 1998, it did not suffer the excruciating collapse suffered by Argentina, where even the payments system came to a full stop …. We attribute their difference to the fact that Chile is more open to trade than Argentina, and that it appears to suffer …

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

mining deposits is associated with bigger firms and fewer start-ups in the middle of the 20th century. We use mines as an … cold and warm regions alike and in industries that are not directly related to mining, such as trade, finance and services …

of increasing safety rather than production. We study the U.S. metals mining sector, leveraging exogenous demand shocks …

damage. As expected, when the environmental damage from mining is known, the socially optimal timing will depend on the … mining until better information arrives. We show conditions under which it is optimal to postpone the mining decision … marginal mine owner is completely indifferent between mining immediately and at any point in the future. Thus, for our problem …