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of macroeconomic policymaking in Bolivia since the 1952 Revolution. Great stress is put on the weakness of fiscal … characteristics of Bolivia's international trade, focusing both on structural features (e.g., the heavy dependence on a small number … dynamics of the hyperinflation during 1982-85, focusing on the complex causal links among the budget deficit, the money supply …
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By any standard, Bolivia's economic crisis in the 1980's has been extraordinary. Like its neighbors. Bolivia suffered … from major external shocks, but the extent of economic collapse in the face of these shocks (including a hyperinflation … during 1984-85) suggests that internal factors as well as external shocks have been critical to Bolivia's poor economic …
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We examine four successful stabilizations from high inflation -- Germany in 1923,Austria in 1922, in Poland 1924-27, Italy 1947 --and the two ongoing attempted stabilization in Israel and Argentina, with the aim of identifying general lessons from those episodes. The key issues in a...
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emphasis. We draw attention to a third aspect of the hyperinflation process, and the stablization, namely exchange rate and … establishing that credibility by a de facto stablization. We make that point by discussing the events of the German hyperinflation …
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Since 1947, hyperinflations (by Cagan's definition) in market economies have been rare. Much more common have been longer inflationary processes with inflation rates above 100 percent per annum. Based on a sample of 133 countries, and using the 100 percent threshold as the basis for a definition...
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What should researchers do when confronted with surprising results? Financial access innovations usually leave "temptation" spending unaffected or reduced. However, we found that promotion of savings lockboxes in a largely autarkic society increased alcohol consumption and blood pressure,...
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After the economic reforms that followed the National Revolution of the 1950s, Bolivia seemed positioned for sustained … and a fixed exchange rate policy during the 1970s led to a debt crisis that began in 1977. From 1977 to 1986, Bolivia lost … almost all the gains in GDP per capita that it had achieved since 1960. In 1986, Bolivia started to grow again, interrupted …
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The returns to schooling and the skill premium are key parameters in various fields and policy debates, including the literatures on globalization and inequality, international migration, and technological change. This paper explores the skill premium and its correlation with exports in Latin...
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introduction of its auction, the Bolsin, not only did the parallel market premium for dollars all but disappear in Bolivia, but the …
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borrowing and renegotiation experience of five Latin borrowers (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru). Another goal is …
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