Economic Development in Latin America: Essay in Honor of Werner Baer

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
International Cooperation and Global Justice....Pages 9-21
Latin America, UNCTAD, and the Postwar Trading System....Pages 22-33
Import Substitution Industrialization in Latin America: Experience and Lessons for the Future....Pages 34-42
With or without the IMF? Economic Recovery after Devaluation in Argentina and Brazil....Pages 43-61
The Decision to Become Informal Self-Employed in Latin America....Pages 62-72
Institutions and Economic Growth in the Atlantic Periphery: The Efficiency of the Portuguese Machinery of Justice, 1870–1910....Pages 73-101
An Evaluation of the Contractionary Devaluation Hypothesis....Pages 102-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Interpreting Brazilian Income Distribution Trends....Pages 121-132
The Evolution of Agriculture and Land Reform in Brazil, 1960–2006....Pages 133-162
Human Capital and Income Concentration in Brazil....Pages 163-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Structural Analysis of Employment in the Brazilian Economy: 1996 and 2002 Compared....Pages 179-200
Trade Liberalization, Space, and Regional Development....Pages 201-216
Regional and Demographic Determinants of Poverty in Brazil....Pages 217-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
The Political Economy of the New Left in Latin America: Does the Bell Toll for Neoliberalism?....Pages 233-253
Deficit Targeting: An Incentive Mechanism for Subnational Fiscal Deficit Reduction in Brazil....Pages 254-272
Is there any Difference in Well-being between American and Brazilian College Students?....Pages 273-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Economics the Werner Baer Way....Pages 289-294
Making a Great Difference: The Influence of Professor Werner Baer on the Economic Literature in Brazil, and on Brazil....Pages 295-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-309