Venezuela before Chávez anatomy of an economic collapse

A collection of essays that explore the collapse of economic growth in Venezuela since the 1970s. Essays discuss the relevance of public investment, labor markets, fiscal policy, institutions, politics, and values. - Provided by publisher

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Weitere Verfasser: Hausmann, Ricardo (BerichterstatterIn), Rodríguez, Francisco (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press c 2014
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Zusammenfassung:A collection of essays that explore the collapse of economic growth in Venezuela since the 1970s. Essays discuss the relevance of public investment, labor markets, fiscal policy, institutions, politics, and values. - Provided by publisher
Why did Venezuelan growth collapse? / Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodríguez -- Venezuela after a century of oil exploration / Osmel Manzano -- Public investment and productivity growth in the Venezuelan manufacturing industry / José Pineda and Francisco Rodríguez -- The incidence of labor market reforms on employment in the Venezueland manufacturing sector, 1995-2001 / Omar Bello and Adriana Bermúdez -- Understanding economic growth in Venezuela, 1970-2005 : the real effects of a financial collapse / Matías Braun -- Much higher schooling, much lower wages : human capital and economic collapse in Venezuela / Daniel Ortega and Lant Pritchett -- Income distribution and redistribution in Venezuela / Samuel Freije -- Competing for jobs or creating jobs? : the impact of immigration on native-born unemployment in Venezuela, 1980-2003 / Dan Levy and Dean Yang -- Sleeping in the bed one makes : the Venezuelan fiscal policy response to the oil boom / María Antonia Moreno and Cameron A. Shelton -- Institutional collapse : the rise and decline of democratic governance in Venezuela / Francisco Monaldi and Michael Penfold -- The political economy of industrial policy in Venezuela / Jonathan Di John -- Explaining Chavismo : the unexpected alliance of radical leftists and the military in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez / Javier Corrales -- Oil, macro volatility, and crime in the determination of beliefs in Venezuela / Rafael Di Tella, Javier Donna, and Robert MacCulloch -- Understanding the collapse : Venezuela's experience in cross-national perspective / Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodríguez
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Enth. 14 Beitr
Beschreibung:XII, 468 S.
graph. Darst.
25 cm
ISBN:9780271056319
978-0-271-05631-9