Austerity: too much of a good thing? A VoxEU.org eCollection of views by leading economists edited by Giancarlo Corsetti. “This eCollection summarizes the views of leading economists about the path and content of budget adjustment that can help advance…
Property taxations in Latin-America: An assessment and options for reform by Cristian Sepulveda and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez. “This paper analyzes the problem of collecting property taxes in fiscally decentralized developing economies. The paper concludes with policy recommendations to guide future…
El Programa para la América Latina y el Caribe del Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, en colaboración con el International Property Tax Institute (IPTI) y la Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), anuncian la Conferencia Internacional Anual sobre Potencial…
Why does trade matter at Rio+20 by ICTSD. “Join us as we explore how trade influences and is infuenced by sustainable development at three exciting events taking place on the sidelines of Rio+20. These events will provide an opportunity…
Public-sector pay in Brazil – Shaming the unshameable – How the bureaucrats rob the taxpayers published by The Economist. “By law, public-sector workers cannot be fired or have their pay cut. But publication of pay details will give the…
The Fletcher school will be taking part in the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil, indicated by Alberto Pfeifer. The Center for International Environment & Resource Policy (CIERP) and Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) will be co-hosting a panel at…
Room for manoeuvre: The deleveraging story of Eurozone banks since 2008 by Heiko Hesse, Claus Puhr, Stefan W. Schmits and Ralph Spitzer published by VOXEU. “Europe’s heavily overleveraged banks are now under European Banking Authority orders to rapidly raise…
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The World in Depression (DeLong & Eichengreen)
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New preface to Charles Kindleberger, the world depression 1929-1939 by J. Bradford DeLong and Barry Eichengreen published by VOX. “Charles Kindleberger’s classic book on the Great Depression was originally published 40 years ago. In the preface to a new…
Spain: Vulnerabilities of private sector balance sheets and risks to the financial sector published by IMF indicated by Alvaro Manoel. “The sensitivity analysis carried out the Spanish households show that households are most vulnerable to rising interest rate and…
Intra-regional spillovers in South America: Is Brazil systemic after all? by Gustavo Adler and Sebastián Sosa published by IMF, indicated by Alberto Barreix. “This paper studies the importance of Brazil´s influence on its neighboring economies, documenting trade linkages over…