Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include
Toxic Aid: Economic Collapse and Recovery in Tanzania and
Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism. He lives in Los Angeles.
23 Ebooks par Sebastian Edwards
Sebastian Edwards: American Default
The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1 …
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Sebastian Edwards: Toxic Aid
For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed disma …
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Sebastian Edwards: Toxic Aid
For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed disma …
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€25.18
Sebastian Edwards: Development Centre Studies The Economics and Politics of Transition to an Open Market Economy: Colombia
Colombia is somewhat unique in this series, in that it was never a centralised, communist state. Nonetheless, it does share some of the characteristics of the centralised socialist economies since th …
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Sebastian Edwards: Etudes du Centre de developpement Environnement economique et politique de transition vers une economie de marche: Colombie
La Colombie constitue un cas a part dans cette serie d’etudes car elle n’a jamais ete un Etat communiste. Toutefois, elle possede quelques points communs avec les economies socialistes centralisees : …
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Sebastian Edwards: Left Behind
The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. Despite abundant resources-and a history of productivity and wealth-in recent deca …
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€27.00
Sebastian Edwards: Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies
Some scholars argue that the free movement of capital across borders enhances welfare; others claim it represents a clear peril, especially for emerging nations. In Capital Controls and Capital Flows …
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€183.99
Sebastian Edwards & Gerardo Esquivel: Decline of Latin American Economies
Latin America s economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in t …
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€160.68
Sebastian Edwards & Marcio G. P. Garcia: Financial Markets Volatility and Performance in Emerging Markets
Capital mobility is a double-edged sword for emerging economies, as governments must weigh the benefits of investment against the potential economic costs and political consequences of currency crise …
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€135.00
Carmen M. Reinhart & Carlos A. Vegh: Money, Crises, and Transition
Essays by prominent scholars and policymakers honor one of the most influential macroeconomists of the last thirty years, discussing the themes behind his work.Guillermo Calvo, one of the most influe …
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€193.05
Sebastian Edwards & Nora Claudia Lustig: Labor Markets in Latin America
Many of the rules that govern labor markets in Latin America (and elsewhere) raise labor costs, create barriers to entry, and introduce rigidities in the employment structure. These include the excee …
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Sebastian Edwards: The Chile Project
How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells …
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Sebastian Edwards & Ernesto Schargrodsky: Economics of Crime
Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to …
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€133.47
Rudiger Dornbusch & Sebastian Edwards: Reform, Recovery, and Growth
The debt crisis of 1982 caused serious economic disruptions in most developing countries. Reform, Recovery, and Growth explains why some of these countries have recovered from the debt crisis, while …
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€145.47
Rudiger Dornbusch & Sebastian Edwards: Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America
Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an i …
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€59.32
Sebastian Edwards: Capital Flows and the Emerging Economies
The 1990s witnessed several acute currency crises among developing nations that invariably spread to other nearby at-risk countries. These episodes-in Mexico, Thailand, South Korea, Russia, and Brazi …
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€111.86
Liaquat Ahamed & Sebastian Edwards: Economic Adjustment and Exchange Rates in Developing Countries
In spite of the attention paid exchange rates in recent economic debates on developing countries, relatively few studies have systematically analyzed in detail the various ramifications of exchange r …
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Sebastian Edwards & Jeffrey A. Frankel: Preventing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets
Economists and policymakers are still trying to understand the lessons recent financial crises in Asia and other emerging market countries hold for the future of the global financial system. In this …
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€203.65
Sebastian Edwards & Simon Johnson: African Successes, Volume IV
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted …
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€151.49
Sebastian Edwards & Simon Johnson: African Successes, Volume III
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted …
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€151.49
Sebastian Edwards & Simon Johnson: African Successes, Volume II
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted …
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€151.68
Sebastian Edwards & Simon Johnson: African Successes, Volume I
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted …
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€152.09
Sebastian Edwards: The Chile Project
How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells …
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€23.99
