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6 publications found, searching for 'Alberto Botta '

• Working Paper No. 999
  January 18, 2022

  Structural Change, Productive Development, and Capital Flows

  Alberto Botta, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, and Gabriel Porcile
  Abstract

  The outbreak of COVID-19 brought back to the forefront the crucial importance of structural change and productive development for economic resilience to economic shocks. Several recent contributions have already stressed…more

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• Working Paper No. 878
  December 12, 2016

  The Short- and Long-run Inconsistency of the Expansionary Austerity Theory

  Alberto Botta
  Abstract

  This paper provides a critical analysis of expansionary austerity theory (EAT). The focus is on the theoretical weaknesses of EAT—the extreme circumstances and fragile assumptions under which expansionary consolidations might…more

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• Working Paper No. 853
  November 09, 2015

  Finance, Foreign Direct Investment, and Dutch Disease

  Antoine Godin, Alberto Botta, and Marco Missaglia
  Abstract

  In recent years, Colombia has grown relatively rapidly, but it has been a biased growth. The energy sector (the “locomotora minero-energetica,” to use the rhetorical expression of President Juan Manuel…more

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• Working Paper No. 850
  October 28, 2015

  The Macroeconomics of a Financial Dutch Disease

  Alberto Botta
  Abstract

  We describe the medium-run macroeconomic effects and long-run development consequences of a financial Dutch disease that may take place in a small developing country with abundant natural resources. The first…more

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• Working Paper No. 794
  March 31, 2014

  Structural Asymmetries at the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis

  Alberto Botta
  Abstract

  In this paper, we analyze and try to measure productive and technological asymmetries between central and peripheral economies in the eurozone. We assess the effects such asymmetries would likely bring…more

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• Working Paper No. 740
  December 07, 2012

  Conflicting Claims in the Eurozone?

  Alberto Botta
  Abstract

  In this paper, we analyze the role of the current institutional setup of the eurozone in fostering the ongoing peripheral euro countries’ sovereign debt crisis. In line with Modern Money…more

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