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Although several papers in the political economy literature suggest a positive relationship between income inequality and redistribution, the data for Latin America does not support this claim. Countries with more income...

In this paper we study dollarization as a commitment device that the Central Bank could use to avoid getting involved in an undesirable banking-sector bailout. We show how a political process could induce an equilibrium ...

Latin America lives in a conflictive period with diverse characteristics. On the extensive map, there are confrontations on many fronts: ethnic, intercultural, multicultural, political and even civil war. Solutions are b...

This article presents the challenges that political science, and in particular, the political analyst, assumes. Political science cannot ignore its relationship with the rest of the Social Sciences and its interdisciplin...

The author argues that the conjugation of certain democratic, socioeconomic and political factors has led to the "nationalization" of presidential elections in Brazil since 1960. The expansion of the electoral market res...

This paper argues that the conjugation of certain democratic, socioeconomic and political factors has led to the ?nationalization? of presidential elections in Brazil since 1960. The expansion of the electoral market res...