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Public Policy in an AI Economy
Goolsbee, Austan - 2018
This paper considers the role of policy in an AI-intensive economy (interpreting AI broadly). It emphasizes the speed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453067
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Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America : A View and Three Case Studies
Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000
Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470968
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Public Debt, Fiscal Solvency and Macroeconomic Uncertainty in Latin America : The Cases of Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico
Mendoza, Enrique G. - 2004
Ratios of public debt as a share of GDP in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico were 10 percentage points higher on average … scenario question the sustainability of current debt ratios in Brazil and Colombia, while those in Costa Rica and Mexico seem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468055
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Current Account Sustainability : Selected East Asian and Latin American Experiences
Milesi-Ferrett, Gian Maria - 1996
, Colombia and Mexico -- and three East Asian countries--Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It identifies a number of potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473042
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Shelter from the Storm : Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
Galiani, Sebastian - 2013
Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459339
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KFstar and Portfolio Inflows : A Focus on Latin America
Burger, John D.; Warnock, Francis E.; Warnock, Veronica C. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
for Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; risk tolerance for Argentina, Costa Rica, and Peru …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388809
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Coercion, Culture and Debt Contracts : The Henequen Industry in Yucatan, Mexico, 1870-1915
Alston, Lee - 2008
property rights were reallocated through land laws, and Mexico's economy became much more closely tied to the United States. In …While most contemporary historians agree that the use of debt peonage as a coercive labor contract in Mexico was not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464795
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Five Centuries of Latin American Inequality
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009
Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463345
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Latin America's Decline : A Long Historical View
Edwards, Sebastian - 2009
In this paper I analyze Latin America's very long term economic performance (since the early 18th century), and I compare it with that of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the countries of Western Europe. I begin with an analysis of long term data and an attempt at determining when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463478
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History without Evidence : Latin American Inequality since 1491
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009
Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463881