Ghirelli, Corinna; Pérez, Javier J.; Urtasun, Alberto - In: Latin American journal of central banking : LAJCB 2 (2021) 2, pp. 1-39
We construct economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indexes for a number of Latin American (LA) economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) and the region as a whole, based on reports in the Spanish press. Our measures are comparable across countries. We study the...