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Economía: Fall 2013

Edited by Raquel Bernal, Ugo Panizza, Roberto Rigobon, and Rodrigo Soares October 22, 2013

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.

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Contents:

Editors’ Summary

Evaluating Different Types of Enterprise Support Programs Using Panel Firm Data: Evidence from the Mexican Manufacturing Sector
Gladys López-Acevedo and Mónica Tinajero-Bravo

Latin American Middle Classes: THe Distance between Percpetion and Reality
Eduardo Lora and Johanna Fajardo

Teenage School Attendance and Cash Transfers: An Impact Evaluation of PANES
Verónica Amarante, Mery Ferrando, and Andrea Vigorito

Bias in Economic News: The Reporting of the Nominal Exchange Rate Behavior in Colombia
Rodrigo Taborda

About the Editors

Raquel Bernal

Raquel Bernal is an Associate Professor of labor economics and econometrics in the Economics Department at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

Ugo Panizza

Ugo Panizza is an associate professor at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, where he teaches econometrics and development economics.

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.