We study the implications of economic policies on household's decisions. We focus on Chile in 2019. Using a life-cycle search model and survey data, we found that an equivalent change in labor tax rates and non-contributory pensions (NCP) have opposite effects on labor markets, specifically on...

'Investor Protection and Corporate Governance' analyzes the impact of corporate governance on firm performance and valuation. Using unique datasets gathered at the firm-level--the first such data in the region--and results from a homogeneous corporate governance questionnaire, the book examines...

This paper presents a small open economy model to analyze the role of central bank liquidity management in implementing "unconventional" monetary policies within an inflation targeting framework. In particular, the paper explicitly models the facilities that the central bank uses to manage...

We present a small-open-economy model to analyze the role of central bank’s liquidity management in implementing “unconventional” monetary policies within an inflation targeting framework. In particular, we explicitly model the facilities that the central bank uses to manage the liquidity...

We study second-best macroeconomic policies for open economies subject to intertemporal sustainability problems and where agents may face liquidity constraints. If the private sector has biased expectations of future incomes, fiscal policies could offset the consequent distortions, according to...