Este libro analiza cuatro areas importantes de reforma institucional: las instituciones politicas y la organizacion del Estado; las instituciones fiscales, como las dedicadas a presupuestos, impuestos y descentralizacion; las instituciones publicas a cargo de las politicas economicas sectoriales...

This paper aims to understand why and by how much perceptions of social ranking differ from objective rankings based on self-reported income. It focuses on the middle class because persons of all income levels show a strong bias towards identifying themselves as middle class. Using a rich...

This paper assesses how electoral outcomes in both presidential and legislative elections in Latin America have been affected by the adoption of economic policies that seek to improve macroeconomic stability and facilitate the functioning of markets. The database includes 17 Latin American...