American countries: Brazil, Chile and Mexico, studying a small open economy in the context of an endogenous growth model where … capital at a considerably lower rate than at present. Consumption should be heavily taxed in Brazil and Mexico and optimal …, Chilean and Mexican economies. The findings suggest that, in order to implement the optimal tax regime, Brazil must tax …

per square kilometer. In this study of approximately 8,600 municipalities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, 85 …

(Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical during the 1980s and early …

’s productivity growth decreases the relative nominal wage of the poor and the relative price index for the poor in Mexico and Brazil …

hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and Mexico. We develop a continuum-of-care conceptual framework based on prior … the inappropriate days can be attributed to hospital inefficiency (36% in Brazil and 49% in Mexico), an important share is … days in Brazil and 7% in Mexico. In a back-of-the-envelope calculation, we estimate that providing six weeks of long …