The Research Review at Vox.Lacea will aim at discussing and disseminating the best academic articles on development issues of relevance to Latin America and the Caribbean, selected by some of the most recognized researchers in the topics selected. To browse recent research reviews by topic, year or researcher, please use the menu provided in the right column of this page.

Latest reviews:

• Domestic and external sovereign debt: a tale of financial repression, by Paola Di Casola and Spyridon Sichlimiris. November 19, 2020

• How can Latin America go digital? The role of both telecommunication regulation and institutions, by Juan Jung (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Telecom Advisory Services) and Angel Melguizo (AT&T Latin America). October 15, 2020

• Adam Smith’s conjecture and the American Independence, by Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland) and Gustavo Torrens (Indiana University). May 21, 2020

• Segregation and stratification of occupations in post-apartheid South Africa, by Carlos Gradin Lago. April 25, 2019

• The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment, by Matias Busso and Sebastian Galiani. January 10, 2019

• How did Venezuela’s exchange control wound global companies?, by Dany Bahar (The Brookings Institution, USA; Harvard Center for International Development, USA; CESifo Group and IZA Institute of Labor Economics), Carlos Alberto Molina (Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administracion, Venezuela) and Miguel Angel Santos (Harvard Center for International Development, USA; Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administracion, Venezuela). July 27, 2018

• Special Economic Zones and their Compliance with WTO Subsidy Rules, by Fabrice Defever (City, University of London), José-Daniel Reyes (World Bank), Alejandro Riaño (University of Nottingham) and Miguel Eduardo Sánchez-Martín (World Bank). May 24, 2018

• Increasing External Debt and Electoral Cycles in Emerging Markets: How do they Affect Prospects for Long-Term Growth?, by Liliana Rojas-Suarez. February 22, 2018

• Job seekers react to market incentives: Implications for labour market policies, by Benjamín Villena-Roldán (Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile) and Stefano Banfi (Economist, Ministry of Energy of Chile). February 8, 2018

• The calm before the storm? Serenity in Latin American capital markets before the 2018 electoral cycle, by Angel Melguizo (OECD Development Centre), Sebastián Nieto-Parra (OECD Development Centre) and René Orozco (OECD Development Centre). February 1, 2018

• Distorted signals in education, by José Ignacio Cuesta (University of Chicago), Felipe González (PUC-Chile) and Cristián Larroulet (UC Boulder). January 4, 2018

• The Political Coase Theorem, by Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland), Gustavo Torrens (Indiana University) and María Lucia Yanguas (UCLA). November 30, 2017

• Los programas de transferencias condicionadas y su potencial para ayudar a jóvenes y mujeres a encontrar más y mejores empleos, by Verónica Escudero and Elva López Mourelo (Departamento de Investigaciones de la OIT). November 2, 2017

• Commercial Policy, Employed to Curb Trade Imbalances: Revisiting Decades-Old Literature, by Assaf Razin. August 31. 2017

• Winners and losers from a ‘commodities-for-manufactures’ trade boom, by Francisco Costa. August 24. 2017

• Do Electoral Dry Laws Lead to Short-Term Public Health Gains?, by Marcos Y. Nakaguma (Professor, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo) and Brandon J. Restrepo (Economist, Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch, Food Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service). July 20, 2017

• Falling Inequality in Brazil: The Unusual Suspects, by Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julián Messina. June 15, 2017

• Should I stay or should I go? Career paths for Young Workers in Latin America, by Diana Martínez (IADB), Graciana Rucci (IADB), Fernando Saltiel (UMD) and Sergio Urzúa (UMD, NBER & Clapes-UC). June 1, 2017

• The life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of research, by Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland) and Ramiro H. Gálvez (Universidad de Buenos Aires). May 25, 2017

• Moral Consequences of Becoming Unemployed, by Luis Miller. April 20, 2017

• Land titling deregularization, by Sebastian Galiani. April 13, 2017

• The dilemma between governance and accountability, by Juan Sebastián Pereyra. April 6, 2017

• Social Status and Corruption, by Sebastian Galiani. February 9, 2017

• Crime and Durable Goods, by Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland and National Bureau of Economic Research), Laura Jaitman (Inter-American Development Bank) and Federico Weinschelbaum (Universidad de San Andrés and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas). January 12, 2017

• Top 5 Reserach Reviews of the 2016, by Vox.LACEA. December 29, 2016

• Climate Change, Part II, by Sebastian Galiani. November 17, 2016

• Analyzing the spatial allocation of public services with transparent data, by Anders Fredriksson (University of São Paulo). October 20, 2016

• Where are the Latin American Bill Gateses?, by Sebastian Galiani and Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc. October 13, 2016

• The titling of urban land, by Sebastian Galiani. September 1, 2016

• Measuring the concept of “Well-Being”. A first approach for Bolivia, by J. Antonio Canaviri Zamora (Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, UNICEF). August 4, 2016

• Collective Action, by Victoria Anauati, Brian Feld, Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens. July 7, 2016

• How weak property rights cause land conflict and deforestation in Brazil, by Thiemo Fetzer (University of Warwick) and Samuel Marden (University of Sussex). June 23, 2016.

• Learning: Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Incentives and Technology, by Sebastian Galiani. June 2, 2016

• Access to Credit is Crucial for Exporting, by Roberto Álvarez (Department of Economics, University of Chile) and Ricardo A. López (International Business School, Brandeis University). May 26, 2016

• Evidence-based policies to reduce crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Laura Jaitman and Stephen Machin. May 12, 2016

• Innovation in the collective brain, by Andrés Gómez-Liévano. April 21, 2016

• Mind the gap! Quantifying the skills challenge in Latin America and other emerging economies, by Angel Melguizo (OECD Development Centre) & Jose Ramon Perea (The World Bank). April 14, 2016

• On the Old Topic of Political Economy: Free Trade or Protectionism?,by Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens. April 7, 2016

• On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides, by Nicolás Ajzenman, Sebastian Galiani and Enrique Seira. March 17, 2016

• Economic Analysis of Crime: Part I, by Sebastian Galiani and Laura Jaitman. March 3, 2016

• How (not) to implement affirmative action in universities: the Brazilian Universities Affirmative Action case, by  Inácio Bó. February 25, 2016

• Institutions and development: Some thoughts and open questions, by Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens. February 11, 2016

• Foreign Trade Facilitation and Export Activity of Manufacturing Plants in Chile, by Ricardo A. López and Kathleen McQueeney (International Business School, Brandeis University). February 4, 2016

• Local unemployment and crime an unresolved puzzle with implications on project evaluation, by Daniel Montolio (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB). January 28, 2016

• Measuring the Effects of the ‘Normalization’ of US Monetary Policy on Central America and the Dominican Republic, by Francisco Alberto Ramirez De Leon. January 21, 2016

• Lower for Longer: Neutral Rates in the United States, by Andrea Pescatori and Jarkko Turunen. December 10, 2015

• From Casual Empiricism to Scientific Facts in Economics, by Sebastian Galiani. December 2, 2015

• Investment in Emerging Markets: We are not in Kansas anymore…Or are we?, by Nicolas E. Magud and Sebastián Sosa. November 26, 2015

• The political economy of international migration, by Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens. November 5, 2015

• Let Coase Give Us a Ride Home, by Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens. October 26, 2015

• Self-selection in centralized school choice programs, by Juan Sebastián Pereyra. October 14, 2015

• Climate Change: Part I, by Sebastian Galiani. October 14, 2015

• A large scale mapping of territorial development dynamics in Latin America. Modrego, F., & Berdegué, J. (2015). World Development, 73, 11–31, by Eduardo Lora. October 13, 2015

• On the Significance of Replication in Social Sciences, by Sebastian Galiani. July 9, 2015