An enduring puzzle for scholars of Latin American policy reform asks how policy makers push through reforms with short term costs but long term benefits in mass democracies. Many answers have been given, including international pressures, cultural and ideational factors, the nature of political...

Zou [1994] has proved that the spirit of capitalism will cause endogenous growth using the AK model. We find that this conclusion needs to be reexamined under our endogenous time preference model. Contrastingly different patterns of growth will obtain under our framework.

Los productores agrícolas, y particularmente su dirigencia, cuentan con mi fraterna simpatía, a raíz de los sistemáticos ataques que sufren por parte de las autoridades nacionales, y la indiferencia que exhibe el resto de los dirigentes empresarios. Lo cual no implica compartir cualquier...

Este documento corresponde a la conferencia de apertura del 2° Congreso de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Congreso, titulado “Perspectivas, dinámicas y desafíos del nuevo orden mundial”, que tuviera lugar en la ciudad de Mendoza, República Argentina, el 22 y 23 de junio...

Given the economic and social crisis Greece is going through, it seems clear that the Greek future over the next few years will rest on macroeconomic actions, both national and international. This undeniable assertion notwithstanding, I do maintain that the Greek private sector has an important...