Redefining the role of the state for Latin American countries : a frame of reference /

• Main Author: Luque Díaz, Félix Alberto
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Evanston, Wy. : s.n., 1995
• Subjects: ESTADO; CONSENSO DE WASHINGTON; ECONOMIA EVOLUCIONISTA; AMERICA LATINA

Table of Contents:

• 1. Old and new economic theories: introduction
• neoclassical paradigm and the power of economic ideas
• the competitive paradigm
• old market failures
• paradigm change, information economics
• new market failures
• state interventions
• choosing between the market and the state
• briefing of new relevant theories
• the economics of information paradigm
• the theory of contests
• institutional economics
• 2. The Washington Consensus: introduction
• evaluation of the program
• adjustment policies, macroeconomic stability
• structural reforms
• the new and the post Washington Consensus
• Conclusion
• 3. The role of the state in evolutionary economics: introduction
• the role of the state in the economic transformation, empirical evidence
• the case of Latin America
• debt crisis
• macroeconomic stabilization
• structural reforms
• 4. The institutional framwork: introduction
• do institution matter?
• a comprehensive paradigm
• the role of he state and the quality of the public sector
• bibliography.