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Economía: Fall 2011

Edited by Raquel Bernal, Ugo Panizza, Roberto Rigobon, and Rodrigo Soares November 11, 2011

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

A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America
Jeffrey A. Frankel

Inflation Targeting in Latin America: Toward a Monetary Union?
Marc Hofstetter

Is Violence against Union Members in Colombia Systematic and Targeted?
Daniel Mejía and María José Uribe

The Dynamics of Income Inequality in Mexico since NAFTA
Geraldo Esquivel

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.