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Working Papers

2008

1. Political Institutions, State Capabilities and Public Policy - International Evidence
   RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
2. Un Enfoque Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?
   RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
3. Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?
   RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations

2005

4. Judicial Lobbying: The Politics of Labor Law Constitutional Interpretation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. Understanding reform in Latin America
   Documentos de Trabajo (working papers), Department of Economics - dECON View citations

2004

6. Fiscal Rules for Subnational Governments. Some organizing principles and Latin American experiences
   Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
7. The Threat of Insurance: On the Robustness of Principal-Agent Models
   Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia

2002

8. Amateur Legislators-Professional Politicians: The Argentine Congress
   Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia
9. Decentralization, Fiscal Discipline in Sub-National Governments and the Bailout Problem: The Case of Argentina
   RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations
10. Judicial Decision Making in Unstable Environments, Argentina 1935-1998
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia
11. Missed Expectations: The Argentine Convertibility
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
12. The Economic Effects of Unions in Latin America: Teachers' Unions and Education in Argentina
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations

2001

13. Comments on Dani Rodrik's "Why Is There So Much Economic Insecurity in Latin America?"
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia
14. Fiscal Federalism in Argentina: Policies, Politics, and Institutional Reform
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations

2000

15. A Principal-Agent Building Block for the Study of Decentralization and Integration
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia (1999) View citations
16. Politics, Institutions, and Fiscal Performance in the Argentine Provinces
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia
17. The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transactions Approach with Application to Argentina
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (2003)

1999

18. Politics, Institutions and Public Sector Spending in the Argentine Provinces
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations
    See also Chapter (1999)

1997

19. Visibility and Credibility in the Political Economy of Reform
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
20. When Does It Take a Nixon to Go to China
    Working Papers, Tel Aviv View citations
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1995) View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)

1996

21. Recurrent High Inflation and Stabilization: A Dynamic Game
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1992) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1996)
22. Where Are We in the Political Economy of Reform?
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations
    Also in Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University (1995) View citations
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1995) View citations

1995

23. Economic Reforms and Political Constraints on the Time Inconsistency of Gradual Sequencing
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1994

24. Inflation and the Informativeness of Prices Microeconomic Evidence from High Inflation
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations

1993

25. Don't be Ignorant: Price Dispersion is Not a Measure of Ignorance in the Market
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
26. High Inflation: Resource Misallocations and Growth Effects
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Estudios de Economia (1996)
27. Sequencing of Economic Reforms in the Presence of Political Constraints
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
28. The Consequences of Price Instability on Search Markets
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations

1992

29. "Deadlock" Societies, The Allocation of Time and Growth Performance
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
30. Inflation and Relative Prices Evidence from Argentina
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
31. Intertemporal Pricing in Search Markets, Customer Markets and Price Rigidity
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
32. The Welfare Effects of Inflation, The Consequences of Price Instability on Search Markets
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations

Journal Articles

2007

1. Centralization vs. Decentralization: A Principal-Agent Analysis
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2007, 9, (2), 369-389 View citations
2. Principal-Agent Contracts under the Threat of Insurance
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2007, 163, (3), 379-393 View citations

2004

3. Intergovernmental transfers and fiscal behavior insurance versus aggregate discipline
   Journal of International Economics, 2004, 62, (1), 149-170 View citations

2003

4. Crises, institutions politiques et réformes politiques: le bon, le mauvais et l'affreux
   Revue d’économie du développement, 2003, 17, (2), 49-81
5. The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transactions Approach with Application to Argentina
   Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2003, 19, (2), 281-306 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

2002

6. The Political Economy of Economic Reforms in Argentina
   Journal of Policy Reform, 2002, 5, (2), 75-88 View citations

2000

7. La Economía Política de las Reformas Económicas en la Argentina
   Cuadernos de Economía (Latin American Journal of Economics), 2000, 37, (112), 495-536
8. Politics, institutions, and fiscal performance in a federal system: an analysis of the Argentine provinces
   Journal of Development Economics, 2000, 61, (2), 305-333 View citations

1999

9. On high inflation and the allocation of resources
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 1999, 44, (3), 401-421 View citations
10. Why is Argentina’s Fiscal Federalism so Inefficient? Entering the Labyrinth
    Journal of Applied Economics, 1999, II, 169-209 View citations

1998

11. When Does It Take a Nixon to Go to China?
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (1), 180-97 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1997

12. On the credibility of alternative exchange rate regimes
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 54, (1), 101-122 View citations

1996

13. High inflation: resource misallocations and growth effects
    Estudios de Economia, 1996, 23, (2 Year 1996), 157-177
    See also Working Paper (1993)
14. Recurrent High Inflation and Stabilization: A Dynamic Game
    International Economic Review, 1996, 37, (4), 981-96 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

15. No sea ignorante: la dispersión de precios no es una medida de la ignorancia en el mercado
    Estudios de Economia, 1995, 22, (1 Year 1995), 1-15

1994

16. The Consequences of Price Instability on Search Markets: Toward Understanding the Effects of Inflation
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (5), 1385-96 View citations
17. The Distribution of Political Power, the Costs of Rent-Seeking, and Economic Growth
    Economic Inquiry, 1994, 32, (2), 236-48 View citations

1993

18. Information and uncertainty in today's Latin America
    Estudios de Economia, 1993, 20, (2 Year 1993), 213-221
19. Search, Bargaining, Money and Prices: Recent Results and Policy Implications: Comment
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1993, 25, (3), 581-84

Edited books

1998

1. The Political Economy of Reform, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

1999

1. Politics, Institutions, and Public-Sector Spending in the Argentine Provinces
   A chapter in Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance, 1999, pp 135-150 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)