Argentina's judiciary has the power to review policies sponsored by International Financial Institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, in light of constitutional economic and social rights. Judges can strike down any act of government that affects...

It has been argued that credit-to-GDP gaps (credit gap) are useful early warning indicators for banking crises. In addition, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has also advocated using these gaps - estimated using a one-sided Hodrick-Prescott filter with a smoothing parameter of 400,000...

'This is an original and very well structured and informative book. Its particular interest stems from the multidimensional and detailed analysis of a set of core technologies and their uneven diffusion process in eight countries of quite different levels of development. It challenges received...