The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalated
with high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and the …

The increased likelihood of adverse climate-change-related shocks calls for building
resilient infrastructure in the Maldives. Fulfilling these infrastructure needs requires a …

In this paper, we study the macroeconomic impact of pension reform options in Chile, using
a dynamic general equilibrium model. The main reform proposal considers raising …

This paper studies the impact of dividend and corporate income taxes on investment and
asset returns in a stochastic general equilibrium model. Under the “new” view of dividend …

This paper studies the distortionary impact of progressive dividend taxation on investment
decisions under the premises of the “new” view. According to the new view, proportional …

Gains in labor force participation rates in Chile have slowed in recent years. We examine
their determinants using a cohort-model analysis. Allowing for both age-and cohort-specific …

Over the past decades, inequality has risen not just in advanced economies but also in
many emerging market and developing economies, becoming one of the key global policy …

This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on
happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of …

… Leonardo Becchetti, Iftekhar Hasan, Marika Santoro, and Asokan Anandarajan … Marika
Santoro, PhD, has a dual appointment. She is affiliated with both the Federal Bank of …

The paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available
across a sample of Caribbean countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the …