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Lindbeck, Assar - In: CESifo Forum 2 (2001) 1, pp. 31-32

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Contracting for Primary Health Care in Brazil: The Cases of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro

Araujo, Edson; Cavalini, Luciana; Girardi, Sabado; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil, one for the state of Bahia, the other for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The two initiatives are not linked and their implementation has independently sprung from a search for...

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The Legacy of Raúl Prebisch Title: El legado de Raúl Prebisch

Dosman, Edgar J.; Rosenthal, Gert; Iglesias, Enrique V.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This volume honors Raúl Prebisch's contributions to economic thought and uses his 1970 report Change and Development: Latin America's Great Task as a point of departure for analyzing trends in the region in the 1970s and 1980s. This volume comprises a collection of the papers presented at the...

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Structural Volatility in Argentina: A Policy Report

Caballero, Ricardo J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, a fragile fiscal situation, and a pervasive profit and collateral squeeze mechanism brought about by a rigid labor market...

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Libertarian paternalism is not an oxymoron

Sunstein, Cass R.; Thaler, Richard H. - In: Conference Series ; [Proceedings] 48 (2003) Jun

The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice. Often people's preferences are ill-formed, and their choices will inevitably be influenced by...

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The behavioral challenge to economics: understanding normal people

Camerer, Colin - In: Conference Series ; [Proceedings] 48 (2003) Jun

This essay is about what behavioral economics has established, what the new research frontiers are, and what can be …

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How organizations behave: towards implications for economics and economic policy

Gibbons, Robert S. - In: Conference Series ; [Proceedings] 48 (2003) Jun

This essay begins with introductions to the two sides of organizational economics: the economics of internal … economics and organizational economics are investigating new approaches to modeling economic actors (individuals and firms …, respectively). After these introductions to the two sides of organizational economics, the author then tries to connect "How Humans …

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Good policies for bad governments: behavioral political economy

Benjamin, Daniel J.; Laibson, David I. - In: Conference Series ; [Proceedings] 48 (2003) Jun

Politicians and policymakers are prone to the same biases as private citizens. Even if politicians are rational, little suggests that they have altruistic interests. Such concerns lead us to be wary of proposals that rely on benign governments to implement interventionist policies that "protect...

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An economist's viewpoint: using economics to shed light on current policy issues

Stern, Gary H. - In: The Region (2004) Sep, pp. 2-5

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What's economics worth? Valuing policy research

Pardey, Philip G. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

and technology R&D. At the same time, they have paid little or no attention to valuing their own work. In What's Economics …

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