Jose Cordero

CEPR Reports and Policy Papers

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009 (with Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston and Juan Antonio Montecino)

The IMF’s Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine
September 2009

Empowering the IMF: Should Reform be a Requirement for Increasing the Fund’s Resources?
April 2009 (with Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval)

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

(In  English)

“Inflation Targeting and the Real Exchange Rate in a Small Economy: a Structuralist Approach,” in Epstein, G. y Yeldan, E. Beyond Inflation Targeting: Central Bank Policy for Employment Creation, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, Massachusetts, forthcoming December 2008.

“Economic Growth under Alternative Monetary Regimes: Inflation Targeting vs Real Exchange Rate Targeting,” in International Review of Applied Economics, 22(2), 145-60, March 2008.

“Foreign Investment and Economic Development in Costa Rica: The Unrealized Potential,” in Gallagher, K. Rethinking Foreign Investment for Development: Lessons from the Americas, Anthem Press, United Kingdom, forthcoming, 2009 (with Eva Paus).

“Competitiveness, Income Distribution and Growth in a Small Economy,” Metroeconomica, re-submitted, October 2008.

“Devaluation, Conflict Inflation and Endogenous Growth in a Small Open Economy,” EconoQuantum, Economics and Business Journal, University of Guadalajara, vol. 1, No. 1, second semester, 2004.

“A Model of  Growth and Conflict Inflation for a Small Open Economy,” Metroeconomica, vol. 56:3, 2002.

“Reforming a Small Resource-Rich LDC: Costa Rica”, en Richard M. Auty (Editor), Resource Abundance and Economic Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 (with Gustavo Barboza).

(In Spanish)

“Inflación, Política Monetaria y Régimen Cambiario en Costa Rica,” en Vargas, J. R. y Xirinachs, Y., La Formación de Economistas: Ensayos en Honor de Pepita Echandi, San José, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica, 2005.

“Política Comercial y Desarrollo Económico: Reflexiones en torno al TLC,” in Florez-Estrada, María y Hernández, Gerardo (Editors), TLC con Estados Unidos: Contribuciones para el debate. ¿Debe Costa Rica aprobarlo?, San José, Costa Rica: Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 2004.

“Keynes: El Treatise on Money  y la Transición hacia el Principio de la Demanda Efectiva.” Revista Ciencias Económicas (Universidad  de Costa Rica), Diciembre, 2003.

“El crecimiento y la inversión”, Serie Reformas Económicas CEPAL, No. 52, Santiago de Chile, 2000.

“Crecimiento Económico, Devaluación y Conflicto Distributivo en una Economía Pequeña”, Revista Ciencias Económicas (Universidad de Costa Rica), No. 2, 1998.