The objective of this article is to present the economic theory of capital controls, that is, the theoretical arguments that favor the introduction of capital controls. In this setting we will argue that economic theory have three main arguments for the introduction of capital controls: to...

This article shows that neoclassical growth models are not capable to explain the existence of diverging growth rates of per capita income between countries, but only the occurrence of divergent levels of per capita income. The explanation to this lies in the fact that these models are, in...

This article intend to analyze the process of the economic growth and income distribution in an environment where technological progress and the basic rate of interest are endogenous and the money, via credit offer, has a preponderant role in the determination of economic dynamics. In this...