In this paper I use a factor structural vector autoregression to estimate if the cycles of Latin America are now more influenced by global conditions. I study this question as the region has proven to be resilient in terms of economic growth after the global financial crisis in spite of being...

In this paper I analyze if competition with Chinese products increased plant productivity in the manufacturing sector of Chile during 1995-2006. I find evidence suggesting that during this period Chilean manufacturing plants that remained producing and were exposed to competition from Chinese...

In this paper I analyze if increasing competition with Chinese products has negatively affected female industrial employment in Chile. To conduct this analysis I rely on the census of manufacturing plants of Chile during the period 1995-2006. I find that, at the industrial level, female...

This paper evaluates the impact the DR-CAFTA had on the exports of the Dominican Republic to the United States. We estimate a gravity model for the DR exports to the 109 trade partners of the country during 1990-2014 and measure the marginal effects of the 2007 DR-CAFTA ratification. Our...

In spite of the United States' recovery, most Caribbean nations are still struggling in the aftermath of the 2007–08 global financial crisis. This paper examines this slow growth recovery through the analysis of how the Caribbean's growth relates to that of key drivers of the global economy....

Global and economic aspects of the crisis: two aspects of the current crisis are important to stress. The first is its global nature. As you know, this crisis started last year in the US and European financial markets but spread quickly to developing countries. The second is its economic impact....