Journal Article
Financial volatility and electoral uncertainty in Latin America
anonymous (2006-04-02)
In past years, Latin American economies have experienced volatility during busy electoral cycles. Will this year?s elections threaten the region?s hard-won financial stability?
EconSouth , Volume 8 , Issue Q 2

Journal Article
Interview: Laura Alfaro
Price, David (2024-11)
Laura Alfaro wanted to be an economist since she was a young girl in Costa Rica. That she went from studying economics in college in her native country to a professorship at Harvard Business School is a reflection, she says, that she's a bit necia — foolishly stubborn. Even more important: "I had the bliss of ignorance. To both of my parents, I could be anything, and I believed it. I didn't know women didn't get Ph.D.s in economics in Costa Rica; I thought it was normal."
Econ Focus , Volume 24 , Issue 4Q , Pages 22-25

Report
Latin America in the rearview mirror
Ohanian, Lee E.; Cole, Harold L.; Schmitz, James A.; Riascos, Álvaro José (2004)
Latin American countries are the only Western countries that are poor and that aren't gaining ground on the United States. This paper evaluates why Latin America has not replicated Western economic success. We find that this failure is primarily due to TFP differences. Latin America's TFP gap is not plausibly accounted for by human capital differences, but rather reflects inefficient production. We argue that competitive barriers are a promising channel for understanding low Latin TFP. We document that Latin America has many more international and domestic competitive barriers than do Western ...
Staff Report , Paper 351

Journal Article
Latin America in the rearview mirror
Ohanian, Lee E.; Cole, Harold L.; Schmitz, James A.; Riascos, Álvaro José (2006-09)
Latin American countries are the only Western countries that are poor and that aren't gaining ground on the United States. This article evaluates why Latin America has not replicated Western economic success. We find that this failure is primarily due to total factor productivity (TFP) differences. Latin America's TFP gap is not plausibly accounted for by human capital differences, but rather reflects inefficient production. We argue that competitive barriers are a promising channel for understanding low Latin TFP. We document that Latin America has many more international and domestic ...
Quarterly Review , Volume 30 , Issue Sep