The threat of nuclear annihilation has never been higher than in 1962, when US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khruschev engaged in brinkmanship over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba during October 16-28. Although the resolution of the crisis was followed by a sustained recovery in...

This article studies the particularities of the creation and operation of foreign investment Joint Ventures in dictatorial regimes, with special emphasis on the relationship between dictatorship and investors. The hotel business in Cuba is studied in depth as a case study, since it is a...

This paper investigates why the US economic embargo against Cuba is still in place, despite its lack of effectiveness towards the stated objectives of the US government. An explanatory approach with two theoretical frameworks from economics and political science is applied. The paper explores...

This paper investigates how voters respond to threats to the nation by estimating the political effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis. To establish causality, I exploit the geographical variation induced by the range of the missiles: only U.S. localities within 1,000 nautical miles from Cuba could...

This paper investigates why the US economic embargo against Cuba is still in place, despite its lack of effectiveness towards the stated objectives of the US government. An explanatory approach with two theoretical frameworks from economics and political science is applied. The paper explores...

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement action against Mark Cuban for allegedly engaging in illegal insider trading was far from standard fare. Unlike the vast majority of SEC enforcement actions that are settled pursuant to the consent negotiation process, whereby the...

The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the E.U. and Cuba was an important change in the way that the E.U. sought to engage with developing states. PDCA remains an important milestone for European foreign policy. It has become the template for European engagement with...

Background. There is a gap for the effective use of mathematical models for real-time decision-making. We aimed to illustrate with the Cuban experience to control the COVID-19, how mathematical models can be put in place to answer key decision-makers´ questions.Methods. A science-policy...

We attempt to make inferences about the elasticity of the government's demand for specific weapons by analyzing the statistical relationship between quantity and cost revisions across the population of major weapon systems, using data contained in the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports. The...

An in-country research project funded by a Hackworth Research Grant from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics on the impact of market liberalization on Cuba’s sustainable development and growing socioeconomic and racial stratification

This policy brief discusses how the public health system and our national health insurance program currently fall short of helping our citizens afford accessible universal healthcare. In trying to address this, it draws lessons from the cases of Cuba and the United Kingdom and emphasizes the...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the United States ban on Americans’ touring Cuba. It will begin with history of the United States tumultuous relations with Cuba over the past 60 years, then explore the specific language of the ban and the reasons presented for it. I will consider the...

This paper examines the performance of Cuba’s private and state-run tourist restaurants following the economic reforms of 2011. The policy reforms made it easier to open private restaurants, and reduced constraints owners/managers faced in hiring workers, obtaining credit, and procuring...

This article studies the ideological reactions of communist regimes to the advent of a post-communist world. It examines two cases of reformed communist regimes (China and Vietnam) with two relatively unreformed cases (North Korea and Cuba) to understand different legitimation strategies...

Cuba may soon be at an “agricultural crossroads.” It will need to decide whether, and to what extent, it wishes to maintain its present organic agricultural identity. That decision will involve balancing two key interests. On one hand, Cuba would like to remain a world leader in, and...

This paper reviews from an international perspective the challenges faced by Cuba in unifying its exchange rate and compares various options to meet this objective. It argues in favor of a fast unification approach but cushioned during a pre-announced transition period by lump-sum taxes and...

This paper reviews from an international perspective the challenges faced by Cuba in unifying its exchange rate and compares various options to meet this objective. It argues in favor of a fast unification approach but cushioned during a transition period by lump-sum taxes and subsidies applied...

Esta coedición reporta el trabajo realizado por el equipo técnico de CEPAL con el GTCCGIR de CAC/SICA y el apoyo técnico de CCAFS/CIAT y científicos de la región. Está enfocada en generar datos útiles en función de los escenarios del IPCC AR5. Su objetivo es divulgar información e...

The threat of nuclear annihilation has never been higher than in 1962, when US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khruschev engaged in brinkmanship over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba during October 16-28. Although the resolution of the crisis was followed by a sustained recovery in...

The threat of nuclear annihilation has never been higher than in 1962, when US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khruschev engaged in brinkmanship over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba during October 16-28. Although the resolution of the crisis was followed by a sustained recovery in...

Since the 1959 revolution, the Cuban state has committed to women's empowerment and enacted a series of laws and policies to promote women's equal and active participation in all spheres of life. Sources agree that Cuba has made remarkable progress towards women's economic empowerment and gender...

Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research Setting -- Part II: Conceptual Framework -- 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables) -- 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A) -- 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories...

Few political transformations have attacked social inequalities more thoroughly than the 1959 Cuban Revolution. However, as the survey data in this paper shows, 60 years on, structural inequalities which echo the pre-revolutionary socio-ethnic hierarchies are returning. While official Cuban...

This article examines the relationship between colonialism and technology transfer via the study of nineteenth century Cuban institutions dedicated to the stimulation of innovative activity, particularly the patent system. Preliminary findings suggest three noteworthy claims. First, during the...

The Cuban economic system and, along with it, the Cuban financial system has been changing since the coming to power of Raul Castro. In this paper, we analyze some of the changes in the Cuban financial system and the goals of the government in implementing these changes. Using the results of a...

While scholars and journalists have written exhaustively about the property claims against Cuba certified by the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, little attention has been paid to Cuba's public international law claim against the United States for embargo losses caused by its...

Two recent international environmental disputes have illustrated the significant uncertainty that exists concerning the provisions on reservations found in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna Convention). The first dispute occurred in 1998 when Cuba sought to enter a reservation...

Few political transformations have attacked social inequalities more thoroughly than the 1959 Cuban Revolution. However, as the survey data in this paper shows, 60 years on, structural inequalities which echo the pre-revolutionary socio-ethnic hierarchies are returning. While official Cuban...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions -- PART I THE VALUE OF LARGE-N DATA SOURCES -- 2. Economic sanctions in the twenty-first century -- 3. The Threat and Imposition of Economic Sanctions data...