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Management practices, firm ownership, and productivity in Latin America
(CAF, 2012)
We analyze management and performance data for over 8,000 manufacturing firms across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We find that Latin American firms have poor management practices by international standards, with limited ...
Reciprocity and willingness to pay taxes: evidence from a survey experiment in Latin America
(CAF, 2012)
We provide the first experimental attempt at measuring reciprocity in tax collection in developing countries, where enforcement institutions are weak, and where tax rates and in general tax observance is lower. In a household ...
Can a Mining Windfall Improve Welfare? Evidence from Peru with Municipal Level Data
(CAF, 2012)
In this paper we investigate whether fiscal performance is affected by the presence of natural resource revenues. We compare policy outcomes from mineral-abundant municipalities and non mineral-abundant municipalities in ...
Patrones de desarrollo en América Latina: ¿convergencia o caída en la trampa del ingreso medio?
(CAF, 2012)
América Latina cuenta con el mayor número de países de ingreso medio del mundo, sin embargo, durante la mayor parte del siglo XX las tasas de crecimiento per cápita de los países de la región fueron inferiores a aquellas ...
An exploratory study of entrepeneurial ventures in Argentina, their financing and first years' growth
(CAF, 2012)
This is a study of entrepreneurial ventures in Argentina, in particular regarding their finance and growth in their early years. We sample young manufacturing SMEs (i.e., with an average of six years and a maximum of ten ...