Economic Policy and Stabilization in Latin America

A detailed analysis of economic policy in Latin America with particular attention devoted to the problem of controlling inflation and stabilization. Contents include an analysis of economic policies of the 1990s; country case studies of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and Bolivia; a thorough review of competing paradigms; a comparison of monitarist and structuralist approaches to the problem; mathematical and statistical modeling. Introduction; Chapter 1 Causes and Consequences of Inflation in Latin America; Chapter 2 The Brazilian Experience with Inflation: 1964–94; Chapter 3 Chile: Economic Reform, Transformation, and Progress; Chapter 4 Mexico: Reform and Stability; Chapter 5 Argentina and Bolivia: The Road from Inflation to Stabilization; Chapter 6 Empirical Analysis of Inflation: Evidence from Error-Correction Modeling and VAR Models; Chapter 7 Conclusions;