Notes1 In this paper we draw out the implications of a nascent literature on the unbundling of institutions for Cuba’s possible transitions, and more specifically for the different economic agents that are likely to participate in the potential transitions that can take place in Cuba. One point of departure for this paper is the general […]
Institutions, Markets, and Economic Performance: Implications for Cuba
Notes1 An important aim of this paper is to increase the level of rigor that we use to understand the role of the state as an institution determining the economic performance of other institutions. More specifically, we seek to increase our understanding of the role of the state in determining the economic performance of two […]
Comparative Policy and Performance in Mesa-Lago’s Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica
Notes1 In the last part of his recent book, Carmelo Mesa- Lago (2000) provides a systematic comparison of the policies followed by Chile, Cuba and Costa Rica (Chapter 1) and of the results thereby obtained over the relevant periods for each country (Chapter 2). This is accomplished, of course, by building on the information developed […]
Felipe Pazos, Institutions and A Retrospective View of “Problemas Económicos de Cuba en el Período de Transición”
Felipe Pazos’ professional activities have dual aspects: those based on his intellect and those based on his active involvement in the issues of his time. This is true in general as well as with respect to the role of institutions in Cuba’s transition from socialism. While I will spend most of my time on the […]
Cuba’s Economic “Reforms”: Waiting for Fidel on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century
Notes1 By most accounts the process of economic reform in Cuba starts in 1993. In these six years this process has evolved in various directions, not all of them consistent with each other, and economic outcomes have also evolved in various ways sometimes due to the reforms and at other times despite the reforms. An […]