HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE1 Prior to 1959 the United States was clearly an important trading partner for Cuba. However, the historical trading relationship between the two countries has been far more dynamic than many people realize. For example, in the early 1930s, the United States was providing only slightly over half of Cuba’s total import requirements while […]
Volume 7 Appendix A: Authors and Discussants
JOSE D. ACOSTA had a long career at the Organization of American States, where he was both a tax policy economist and a lawyer. He retired in 1989 as Director of the Department of General Legal Services, Secretariat of Legal Affairs, after serving as a Principal Economist in the joint tax program OAS/IDB/ ECLA. He […]
Growth and Technological Change in Cuba
Notes[ref]I would like to thank the many people in Cuba who helped me collect some of the data used in this research. The views expressed, opinions and conclusions reached in this paper are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the institutions with which the author is affiliated[/ref] This empirical paper […]
Comments by José Álvarez on “Property Rights, Technology and Land Degradation: A Case Study of Santo Domingo, Cuba” by Sáez
Reading the article by Professor Sáez, which I received as an 84-page chapter of his dissertation, has been a long but rewarding experience. If I had to summarize my reaction in just one sentence, the following would be very appropriate: a well researched, documented, written, impressive and devastating paper. This piece adds considerably to the […]
Property Rights, Technology, and Land Degradation: A Case Study of Santo Domingo, Cuba
This paper explores environmental-economic issues in the agricultural sector. It presents a case-study of the Municipality of Santo Domingo, in the province of Villa Clara. The goal of this paper is to explore the way in which property rights and technological packages promote and undermine the long-term ecological- economic viability of farming land in the […]
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