In March 2003, the Supreme Court of Argentina declared unconstitutional the controversial Presidential "Pesification" Decree, which forcibly converted billions in U.S. dollar-denominated bank deposits into pesos. This issue has subjected an already controversial Court to heightened scrutiny and...

The story of how the Eurozone crisis was particularly harsh on Portugal is a well told one. The most visible side of this story is the austerity policies commanded by reactions to the crisis, particularly following the international loan agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the...

This paper uses data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to examine the relationship between nutritional status and both longer-run household resources and short-run fluctuations in household resources. We evaluate six measures of nutrition – gross energy intake, two...