A growing number of roads are currently financed by the private sector via Build-Operate-and-Transfer (BOT) schemes. When the franchised road has no close substitute, the government must regulate tolls. Yet when there are many ways of getting from one point to another, regulation may be avoided...

The aim of this study is to analyze female labor supply in Chile and explain its peculiarities: the difference between female and male participation, and the pattern of female participation rates according to household income levels. <BR> To analyze the factors that affect the behavior of the female...

The key issue of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is the following: What type of OMC rules would maximize the rate of development of developing countries? In this short note, we provide a short synthesis of developed countries disturbing trade barriers which affect negatively developing...

El objetivo de este trabajo es aportar evidencia comparativa internacional para contribuir a dilucidar el tópico sobre la existencia de un déficit o superávit de profesionales (y técnicos) en Chile. Si bien el aspecto cuantitativo de la dotación de profesionales (y técnicos) es relevante,...

RBC models have been successfull when applied to developed economies: their abilities in replicating the data of emerging countries remain largely unexplored. The rapid but unstable growth process in developing countries and their relatively less developed market structure pose a formidable...

In the last few years, and most recently with the crisis in Argentina, views about emerging markets and the international financial institutions have changed significantly. This paper reviews macroeconomic management in emerging economies and the role of the international financial institutions...

El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar en qué medida los estándares laborales podrían ser usados para justificar restricciones a las exportaciones chilenas. Nos interesan tanto las restricciones efectivas como aquéllas más sutiles, en las cuales la posibilidad de se impongan sanciones...

Este trabajo argumenta que la liberalización del mercado spot de la industria eléctrica chilena no es una alternativa de política recomendable pues existe un amplio potencial para ejercer poder de mercado. En particular, Endesa distorsionaría la asignación in- tertemporal del agua forzando...

This paper provides an overview and evaluation of trade policies in Chile, as well as the problems facing Chilean trade. It also evaluates the desirability of industrial policy and of a shift away from natural resource based exports.Creation-Date: 2004

La creciente preocupación en países desarrollados por el medio ambiente se ha utilizado como excusa para entrabar la importación de productos que compiten con aquellos de producción local. Por ello en este trabajo se examinan las amenazas que enfrenta Chile, y en particular el sector minero,...