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Does the Investment Climate Matter? by Pablo Fajnzylber (Editor),Jose Luis Guasch (Editor),J. Humberto Lopez (Editor)
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    Description of Does the Investment Climate Matter?

    By providing empirical evidence linking actual firm performance to shortcomings in Latin America's investment climate, this book looks at macroeconomic stability and mircoeconomic reforms and discusses policies that could have a significant impact on firm productivity by improving the environment in which firms invest and operate.

    Contents of Does the Investment Climate Matter?

    Acknowledgements
    PART I: DO WE NEED ANOTHER STUDY OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN?
    Introduction
    Where do we go from here?
    A first pass at the investment climate
    Conclusions
    PART II: THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN LATIN AMERICA
    ntroduction
    How do firms perceive the key investment climate constraints to growth?
    Data and econometric methodology
    Estimation results
    Merging Enterprise Survey and household data
    Summary and conclusions
    PART III: WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF A BETTER INVESTMENT CLIMATE FOR ALL?
    Introduction
    Potential productivity gains under alternative scenarios
    Results
    Country detail
    Are there any differences by firm size?
    Are there potential gains for wages
    Conclusions
    PART IV: BEHIND THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE. BACK TO BASICS: DETERMINANTS OF CORRUPTIONI. Introduction
    A conceptual framework
    Results
    Robustness checksDeterminants of regulatory compliance
    Conclusions
    PART V: WHAT ARE THE DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL ACCESS IN LATIN AMERICA?
    Introduction
    Data
    Descriptive statisticsRegression results
    Summary and conclusions
    PART VI: PRODUCTIVE INNOVATION: THE ROLES OF THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND R&D EXPENDITURES I. Introduction
    A model of productive innovation
    Data
    Is R&D related to productive innovation?
    The role of the investment climate
    Conclusions
    PART VII:EXPORTER PREMIUMS
    Introduction
    Exporter premiums: what do we know?
    From exports to wages: evidence from firm level data in Argentina
    Explaining output differentials between exporters and non exporters in a small country
    Conclusions and policy implications

    About Pablo Fajnzylber (Editor), Jose Luis Guasch (Editor) and J. Humberto Lopez (Editor)

    PABLO FAJNZYBLER is senior economist in the Chief Economist's Office of the Latin America and Caribbean region of the World Bank. Previously, he worked at the Bank's Finance and Private Sector Development Department and at its Development Economics Research Group. He has published in various professional journals on a variety of development topics, including the economic impact of workers' remittances, the dynamics of micro-enterprises in developing countries, the impact of international trade on labour demand, and the economic causes of violent crime. He has also contributed to publications on informality and the determinants of economic growth in Latin America. JOSE LUIS GUASCH is Senior Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean Region for Regulation and Competitiveness at the World Bank and Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego. HUMBERTO LOPEZ is Lead Economist in the Central America Management Unit of the World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean region.

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