Venezuela before Chávez
Subtitle: anatomy of an economic collapse
By: edited by Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodríguez
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780271056319; 9780271056326
Subjects: Economic policy; Financial crises; Economic conditions
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why did Venezuelan growth collapse? / Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodríguez; title: Venezuela after a century of oil exploration / Osmel Manzano; title: Public investment and productivity growth in the Venezuelan manufacturing industry / José Pineda and Francisco Rodríguez; title: The incidence of labor market reforms on employment in the Venezueland manufacturing sector, 1995-2001 / Omar Bello and Adriana Bermúdez; title: Understanding economic growth in Venezuela, 1970-2005 : the real effects of a financial collapse / Matías Braun; title: Much higher schooling, much lower wages : human capital and economic collapse in Venezuela / Daniel Ortega and Lant Pritchett; title: Income distribution and redistribution in Venezuela / Samuel Freije; title: Competing for jobs or creating jobs? : the impact of immigration on native-born unemployment in Venezuela, 1980-2003 / Dan Levy and Dean Yang; title: Sleeping in the bed one makes : the Venezuelan fiscal policy response to the oil boom / María Antonia Moreno and Cameron A. Shelton; title: Institutional collapse : the rise and decline of democratic governance in Venezuela / Francisco Monaldi and Michael Penfold; title: The political economy of industrial policy in Venezuela / Jonathan Di John; title: Explaining Chavismo : the unexpected alliance of radical leftists and the military in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez / Javier Corrales; title: Oil, macro volatility, and crime in the determination of beliefs in Venezuela / Rafael Di Tella, Javier Donna, and Robert MacCulloch; title: Understanding the collapse : Venezuela's experience in cross-national perspective / Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodríguez.