“...One of the primary motivations behind the establishment of noncontributory pension programs is to allow beneficiaries to retire from the labor force. Yet their...”

“...Ecuador, a developing small open economy, serves as an important case study for aggregate productivity growth and input reallocation. Since little is known...”

“...In this study, we examine the history of sovereign credit ratings in Latin America and the Caribbean, the evolution of credit quality, and the relationship...”

“...This paper reviews the empirical literature on international spillovers and contagion. Theoretical models of spillover and contagion imply that the...”

“...This article explores optimal public policy, in terms of the level of tax enforcement and the supply of public goods, in an economy characterized by a huge...”

“...We study the effect of extra resource revenues on employment expenditures at the municipal level in Chile. We exploit a novel quasi-experiment: a legal reform...”