This book contains a series of theoretical, empirical, and descriptive studies regarding inflation in Latin America. All of the chapters are reprinted from refereed academic journals. Coverage includes countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, with overview material provided for all major South American economies. Methodologies utilized encompass univariate and multivariate time series analyses, as well as small and large econometric systems of equations.
Cuauhtémoc Calderón Villarreal is Profesor of Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ). He also serves as Director of the Graduate Program in Economics at UACJ. A member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores of the National Council on Science and Technology in Mexico, Calderón is a Fullbright Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Calderón also manages a regional ecnomic research project for the National Council on Science and Technology in Mexico. Additionally, Calderón directs an international colloquium series sponsored by the government of France and University de Nice Sophia-Antipolis. Calderón is an advisor to the Department of Budgets and Planning for the State of Chihuahua.
Tom Fullerton is an Assistant Professor of Economics & Finance, University of Texas at El Paso. Fullerton previously held positions as Senior Economist at the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, International Economist at Latin America Service of the WEFA Group (formerly known as Wharton Econometrics), and Economist in the Executive Office of the Governor of Idaho. At WEFA, Fullerton was in charge of modeling, forecasting, and policy analysis for the South American economies of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. His research has been published in academic journals in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.
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6x9, 168 pp., paper, $12.50, biblio. 2000