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Restoring growth in Puerto Rico : overview and policy options /

As a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico enjoys the benefits of key U.S. legal, monetary, security, and tariff systems, and its residents are U.S. citizens. In the decades following World War II, Puerto Rico emerged as one of the worlds fastest-growing economies. From 1950 to 1970 per capita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Collins, Susan Margaret, Bosworth, Barry, 1942-, Soto-Class, Miguel A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : San Juan, P.R. : Brookings Institution Press ; Center for the New Economy, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, and Miguel A. Soto-Class
  • Economic growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins
  • Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayor
  • Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? The rich Uncle (Sam) hypothesis / María E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman
  • Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz
  • The climate for business development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz
  • Assessing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm
  • Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter
  • Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara
  • Restoring growth: The policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.