Economic Policy and Stabilization in Latin America

A detailed analysis of economic policy in Latin America with particular attention devoted to the problem of controlling inflation and stabilization. Contents include an analysis of economic policies of the 1990s; country case studies of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and Bolivia; a thorough review of competing paradigms; a comparison of monitarist and structuralist approaches to the problem; mathematical and statistical modeling.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Causes and Consequences of Inflation in Latin America; Chapter 2 The Brazilian Experience with Inflation: 1964–94; Chapter 3 Chile: Economic Reform, Transformation, and Progress; Chapter 4 Mexico: Reform and Stability; Chapter 5 Argentina and Bolivia: The Road from Inflation to Stabilization; Chapter 6 Empirical Analysis of Inflation: Evidence from Error-Correction Modeling and VAR Models; Chapter 7 Conclusions;

Summary

An analysis of economic policy in Latin America. The text utilises six case studies, and features the economic policies of the 1990s, mathematical and statistical modelling, and a review of competing paradigms.

Product details

• Authors: Nader Nazmi, Nazmi Nader
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781563245831
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-583-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Makroökonomie, Südamerika, South America, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, macroeconomics, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Central America, Mexico and Central America