I do appreciate ASCE’s initiative in organizing this panel on my book, as well as all the comments by the four members of the panel, both the praise and the criticism. My response will follow the same order of the commentaries: Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica and Comparisons. CHILE León argues that some would have preferred […]
Cuba en Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica por Mesa-Lago
Mientras me preparaba para obtener mi doctorado en economía en 1971, le pregunté un día a Finis Welch, el director del programa, qué le parecía que yo hiciera mi tesis sobre la economía cubana. Finis me sugirió que fuera a ver a Carlos Díaz-Alejandro a la Universidad de Yale donde él era profesor para discutir […]
Imperfect Methodology But the Right Results? The USITC Report on the Economic Impact of U.S. Sanctions with Respect to Cuba
The USITC report, The Economic Impact of U.S. Sanctions with Respect to Cuba, uses the gravity model as the basis for its estimates of the impact of lifting U.S. sanctions on Cuba. I will focus my comments on the study’s use of this model. Let me say at the outset that, while I think that […]
2001 Conference Program
Economic and Political Liberalization in Former Socialist Countries: Implications for Cuba
A decade after the beginning of political transformations in the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe, substantial diferences still remain in the level of political freedom and economic liberalization reached by each one. Great expectations born at the end of the communist system have not yet come true in some countries. While in countries like […]
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