Economia: Spring 2001: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association

by Andrés Velasco (Editor)

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced dramatic changes in economic policy in the last decade, decisively moving toward more open market systems. The reforms have gone hand in hand with a remarkable increase in the quality of the policy debate in the area. This new journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries. Contents of the second "Contagion in Latin Definitions, Measurement, and Policy Implications" Kristin J. Forbes and Roberto Rigobon (MIT) "Lending Latin America and the World" Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (Princeton University), Rodrigo Valdés (Ministry of Finance, Chile), and Oscar Landerretche (MIT) "Full The Case of Panama" Ilan Goldfajn and Gino Olivares (Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) "Fiscal Federalism in Policies, Politics, and Institutional Reform" Mariano Tommasi (Universidad de San Andrés and CEDI), Sebastiàn Saiegh (New York University), and Pablo Sanguinetti (Universidad Torcuato di Tella) Andres Velasco is director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and professor of economics at Harvard University.

Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Economista y profesor. Fue Ministro de Hacienda de Chile entre 2006 y 2010, durante el primer gobierno de Michelle Bachelet. En la actualidad es el Decano de la Escuela de Políticas Públicas de la London School of Economics.