THE PLUNDERING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBLIC POLICIES:

 A CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION

Papers: (PDF format)

Sustainability with Unbalanced Growth: The Role of Structural Change  by Ramón E. López, Gustavo Anríquez, and Sumeet Gulati

On the Gains of Committing to Inefficient Production: Lobbying and Low Productivity in Latin America by Erwin H. Bulte, Richard Damania and Ramón López

Growth, Equity and the Environment: Elements for a Development Strategy for Latin America by Ramón López 

Under Investing in Public Goods: Evidence, Causes, and Consequences for Agricultural Development, Equity and the Environment by Ramón López

Structural Adjustment and Sustainable Development  by Ramón López

Why Governments Should Stop Non-Social Subsidies: Measuring their Consequences for Rural Latin America by Ramón López

 

 

Empirical Measures of the Effect of Economy-Wide Policies and

 Institutions on Deforestation

 

Trade and Other Economy-Wide Policies and the Direct Causes of Deforestation by Ramón E. López, Carla della Maggiora, Gregmar I. Galinato

Trade Policies, Economic Growth and the Direct Causes of Deforestation by Ramón E. López and Gregmar I. Galinato

Deforestation - Induced Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Tropical Countries: How Do Governance and Trade Openness Affect the Emissions - Income Relationship by Ramón E. López and Gregmar I. Galinato