Este artículo calcula el efecto distributivo en los hogares de los impuestos vigentes en Chile. La distribución del ingreso antes y después de los impuestos es muy similar y los cambios drásticos de la estructura tributaria apenas afectan la distribución post-impuestos. Se muestra que el...

Infrastructure concessions are frequently renegotiated after investments are sunk, resulting in better contractual terms for the franchise holders. This paper offers a political economy explanation for renegotiations that occur with no apparent holdup. We argue that they are used by political...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) cannot be justified because they free public funds. When PPPs are justified on efficiency grounds, the contract that optimally balances demand risk, user-fee distortions and the opportunity cost of public funds, features a minimum revenue guarantee and a...