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Date issued:
Sep 2002
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Using a pooled sample, this paper indicates that unions seem to affect the economic performance of Brazilian establishments, especially in terms of profitability, employment and productivity. Unions…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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This paper considers the effects of trade unions on the education sector in Argentina and the channels of union influence on the performance of this crucial sector. The authors find that those…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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El presente documento pretende abordar una serie de preguntas sobre el diálogo entre los sectores público y privado en relación con la formulación de la política comercial canadiense. Se inicia con…
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Sep 2002
This working paper focuses on four issues: (i) the rules of allocation of fiscal resources to different localities; (ii) the rules concerning how localities can spend fiscal transfers from the center…
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Sep 2002
This paper presents the growing volume of remittances to the Caribbean countries (particularly to Jamaica) has increased the interest and the opportunity to study mechanisms that contribute towards…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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This paper summarizes and discusses new evidence on the nature, extent, evolution and consequences of financing constraints in Latin America; this evidence is drawn from a recent series of papers.…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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Financial frictions are a central element of most of the models that the literature on emerging markets crises has proposed for explaining the Sudden Stop phenomenon. To date, few studies have aimed…
Date issued:
Aug 2002
This document discusses the effect of tax incentives on business activities and investment decisions. When taxation is not sound it hurts the business climate and hampers economic activities. Since…
Date issued:
Aug 2002
The exhibition gives an overview of contemporary visual arts in Belize, and features works representing Belize City and the country¿s Mayan past, with artifacts and photographs documenting the Mayan…