A Heavy Hand or a Helping Hand? Information Provision and Citizen Preferences for Anti-Crime Policies
Dec 2018
Author(s): Gingerich, Daniel;Scartascini, Carlos
Welfarist justifications of democracy presume that citizens have policy preferences that are responsive to pertinent information. Is this accurate? This paper addresses that question by providing a…
The (In)Efficiency of Public Spending
Nov 2018
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Pessino, Carola
La (in)eficiencia del gasto público
Nov 2018
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Pessino, Carola
The Impact of Public Spending on Equity: Not Always as Intended
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Alaimo, Veronica
El impacto del gasto público en la equidad
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Alaimo, Veronica
Public Infrastructure: Less Waste for Better Building
Nov 2018
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Pastor, Cinthya
Infraestructura pública: malgastar menos para construir más
Nov 2018
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Pastor, Cinthya
Making Spending Count in Education
Nov 2018
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Martínez, Matias
El gasto en educación: cuando cada centavo cuenta
Nov 2018
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Martínez, Matias
Smart Spending on Citizen Security
Nov 2018
Author(s): Serrano, Rodrigo
El gasto inteligente en seguridad ciudadana
Nov 2018
Author(s): Serrano, Rodrigo
Efficient Spending for Healthier Lives
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pinto, Diana M.;Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo;Cafagna, Gianluca;Giles Álvarez, Laura
Un gasto eficiente para vidas más sanas
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pinto, Diana M.;Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo;Cafagna, Gianluca;Giles Álvarez, Laura
Better Institutions: The Key to Better Public Spending
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Puig, Jorge;Vuletin, Guillermo
Mejores instituciones: la clave para un mejor gasto público
Nov 2018
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Puig, Jorge;Vuletin, Guillermo
Shortchanging the Future: The Short-Term Bias of Politics
Nov 2018
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos;Vlaicu, Razvan
Hipotecando el futuro: el sesgo de corto plazo de las políticas
Nov 2018
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos;Vlaicu, Razvan
Spending and the Cycle
Nov 2018
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Puig, Jorge;Riera-Crichton, Daniel;Vuletin, Guillermo
This chapter evaluates how governments in Latin America and the Caribbean spend over the business cycle. Economists preach the importance of so-called countercyclical spending policies. According to…
El gasto y el ciclo
Nov 2018
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Puig, Jorge;Riera-Crichton, Daniel;Vuletin, Guillermo
Este capítulo evalúa como los gobiernos en América Latina y el Caribe gastan a lo largo del ciclo económico. Los economistas predican sobre la importancia de las políticas de gasto llamadas…
Compliance Spillovers across Taxes: The Role of Penalties and Detection
Nov 2018
Author(s): López-Luzuriaga, Andrea;Scartascini, Carlos
What happens when the tax authority increases enforcement in one tax with compliance in other taxes? The very little evidence available is not conclusive. This paper presents a very simple analytical…