Brookings Institution Press

Journal | December 22, 2006

Economia Spring 2006: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Volume 6, Number 2

This semiannual 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 include:

  • Editors' Summary (Full text)


  • "The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy" (Abstract)
    Mariano Tommasi (Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires)


  • "Financial Dollarization and Dedollarization" (Abstract)
    Eduardo Fernández-Arias (Inter-American Development Bank)


  • "Inflation Expectations in Latin America" (Abstract)
    Fabia A. de Carvalho (Central Bank of Brazil and University of Brasilia) and Maurício S. Bugarin (University of Brasilia)


  • "Trade Liberalization, Macroeconomic Fluctuations, and Contingent Protection in Latin America" (Abstract)
    Pablo Sanguinetti (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires) and Eduardo Bianchi (IPECI, Argentina)


  • "Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean" (Abstract)
    Norbert Schady (World Bank)


  • "Chilean Pension Reform: Coverage Facts and Policy Alternatives" (Abstract)
    Solange Berstein, Guillermo Larraín and Francisco Pino (Superintendencia de AFP, Chile)

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Journal Details

Paperback: 279 pages

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-2083-6

EDITORS

  • Eduardo Engel

    Eduardo Engel is a professor of Economics at Yale University.

  • Francisco Ferreira

    Francisco Ferreira is the Deputy Regional Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank. He has published widely in the fields of poverty, inequality, and the political economy of development, with a focus on Latin America.

  • Roberto Rigobon

    Roberto Rigobon is currently the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Applied Economics at the Sloan School of Management, MIT; a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research; and a visiting professor at IESA.