Economia: Fall 2010 (Economia: Journal of the Latin American & Caribbean Economic Association)

This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries.

Contents:

• Editors' Summary



• Reforming Pensions: Lessons from Economic Theory and Some Policy Directions
  By Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond



• Containing Systemic Risk: Paradigm-Based Perspectives on Regulatory Reform
  By Augusto De la Torre and Alain Ize



• Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in Colombia
  By Camilo Mondragón-Vélez, Ximena Peña, and Daniel Wills



• Communicational Bias in Monetary Policy: Can Words Forecast Deeds?
  By Pablo Pincheira and Mauricio Calani