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                        BankingBusiness Cycles and the Role of Imperfect Competition in the Banking System, Federico S. Mandelman, International Finance 14:1, 2011, pp.103-133
Financing Trends in Latin America, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli and Diego Vilán. BIS Papers No. 36, February 2008.
New Financing Trends in Latin America, Camilo E. Tovar and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. BIS Papers No. 36, February 2008.
Business Cycles: A Role for Imperfect Competition in the Banking System, Federico S. Mandelman. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2006-21, November 2006.
Business Cycles and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Role for a Monopolistic Banking Sector, Federico S. Mandelman. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2006-17, October 2006.
Florida Housing: Blueprint for Success? William Smith. EconSouth, Vol. 7, No. 3, Third Quarter 2005.
Banks and the Growing Remittance Market, Kasey Maggard. EconSouth, Vol. 6, No. 3, Third Quarter 2004.
Reserve Requirements, Bank Runs, and Optimal Policies in Small Open Economies, Eduardo J.J. Ganapolsky. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2003-39, December 2003.
Banking On It: Increased Foreign Bank Entry into Brazil, Elizabeth McQuerry. EconSouth, Vol. 3, No. 3, Third Quarter 2001.
Managed Care for Brazil's Banks, Elizabeth McQuerry. Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 2, Second Quarter 2001.
PensionsNext Generation of Individual Account Pension Reforms in Latin America. Barbara Kritzer, Stephen J. Kay, and Tapen Sinha. Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2011. 
Political Risk and Pension Privatization: The case of Argentina (1994-2008),
Stephen J. Kay.
International Social Security Review, vol. 62, March/2009.
Putting Pension Reform Into Perspective, Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha. EconSouth, Vol. 10, No. 1, First Quarter 2008.
A Reforma Previdenciária em Perspectiva, Stephen J. Kay. EconSouth, Vol. 10, No. 1, Primeiro Trimestre de 2008.
New Political Legacies and the Politics of Health and Pension Re-Reforms in Chile, Christina Ewig and Stephen J. Kay. Public and Private Social Policy: Health and Pension Policies in a New Era. Edited by Daniel Béland and Brian Gran. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas, Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha, editors. Oxford University Press, 2008. .
Social Security at the Crossroads: Toward Effective Pension Reform in Latin America, Milko Matijascic and Stephen J. Kay. International Social Security Review, Vol. 59, No. 1, 2006.
The Effect of the Privatization of Pension Plans on Financial and Regulatory Systems in Latin America,
Teresita P. Obermann. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, June 2005.
Privatizações Inesperadas: Política e Reforma da Previdência Social no Cone Sul Stephen J. Kay. In A Reforma da Previdência Social na América Latina. Edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho. Rio de Janeiro: Editora FGV, 2003.
Vital Connections: Politics, Social Security, and Inequality, Silvia Borzutzky. Book review by Stephen J. Kay. Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2003.
Testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means,
Stephen J. Kay. Hearing on Social Security Reform Lessons Learned in Other Countries, in The Three Pillars of Wisdom? A Reader on Globalization, World Bank Pension Models and Welfare Society. Edited by Arno Tausch. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2003.
State Capacity and Pensions, Stephen J. Kay. Presented at the 24th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas, March 27-29, 2003.
Social Security Reform in Latin America: Policy Challenges, Stephen J. Kay and Barbara E. Kritzer. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol. 14 (1) 2002.
Social Security in Latin America: Recent Reforms and Challenges,
Stephen J. Kay. Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 1, First Quarter 2001.
The Politics of Postponement: Political Incentives and the Sequencing of Social Security Reform in Argentina and Uruguay, Stephen J. Kay. Presented at the International Social Security Association’s International Research Conference on Social Security, Helsinki, Finland, September 25, 2000 
Recent Changes in Latin American Welfare States: Is There Social Dumping?, Stephen J. Kay. Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2, May 2000.
Privatizing Pensions: Prospects for Latin American Reforms, Stephen J. Kay. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2000.
Unexpected Privatizations: Politics and Social Security Reform in the Southern Cone, Stephen J. Kay. Comparative Politics, Vol. 31, No. 4, July 1999, 403–22.
ReformNew Financing Trends in Latin America: A Bumpy Road towards Stability, May 24–25, 2007, Mexico City. A conference co-hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Americas Center and the Bank for International Settlements.
Financial Volatility and Electoral Uncertainty in Latin America: Perspectives for 2006, Diego Vilan. EconSouth, Vol. 8, No. 2, Second Quarter 2006.

Reform Fatigue: Symptoms, Reasons, and Implications, Eduardo Lora, Ugo Panizza, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, Second Quarter 2004.
Preface—Rethinking Structural Reform in Latin America,
Stephen J. Kay and Michael Chriszt. Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, Second Quarter 2004.
Creating a Secondary Mortgage Market in Mexico, Michael Padhi, Jaime del Rio Castillo, and Stephen J. Kay. Financial Update, Vol. 17, No. 1, First Quarter 2004.
Stabilization Programs and Policy Credibility: Peru in the 1990s,
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2003-40, December 2003.
Optimal Fear of Floating: The Role of Currency Mismatches and Fiscal Constraints, Eduardo J.J. Ganapolsky. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2003-31, October 2003
Putting Second-Generation Reforms to the Test, Stephen Kay. EconSouth, Vol. 5, No. 3, Third Quarter 2003.
In Search for Capital, Structural Reforms Continue, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. In No More Messiahs? Latin America, Free Trade and the Integration Landscape, WorldPaper White Paper, World Times Inc., Spring 2003.
Costs and Benefits of Dollarization, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. In Dollarization and Latin America: Quick Cure or Bad Medicine? Edited by Carl A. Cira and Elisa N. Gallo. Miami: Summit of the Americas Center, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, 2002.
In Search of Better Reform in Latin America, Elizabeth McQuerry. EconSouth, Vol. 4, No. 2, Second Quarter 2002.
Argentina: The End of Convertibility, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli and Stephen Kay. EconSouth, Vol. 4, No. 1, First Quarter 2002.
Monetary Policy Alternatives for Latin America, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 3, Third Quarter 2001.
Dollarization: Will the Quick Fix Pay Off in the Long Run? Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. EconSouth, Vol. 3, No. 1, First Quarter 2001.
Changing Financial Landscapes and Their Policy Implications, Elizabeth McQuerry. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 42, No. 3, Fall 2000.
Perspectives on a Potential North American Monetary Union,
Michael Chriszt. Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, Fourth Quarter 2000.
All Pain, No Gain? Reform Fatigue and the Long-Term Outlook in Latin America, Michael Chriszt. EconSouth, Vol. 2, No. 3, Third Quarter 2000.
Trade"Housing Starts, Remittances, and Macroeconomic Developments," 
Federico S. Mandelman, macroblog, May 28, 2009.
Employer Monopsony Power in the Labor Market for Undocumented Workers,
  Julie L. Hotchkiss and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2009-14, April 2009.
Technology Shocks, Employment, and Labor Market Frictions, 
  Federico S. Mandelman and Francesco Zanetti. Atlanta Fed
Working Paper 2008-10, February 2008. 
Undocumented Worker Employment and Firm Survivability, J. David Brown, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2008-28, December 2008.
Immigration and the Macroeconomy, Federico S. Mandelman and Andrei Zlate. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2008-25, November 2008.
The Labor Market Experience and Impact of Undocumented Workers,
Julie L. Hotchkiss and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. Atlanta Fed Working Paper 2008-7b, April 2008.
Latin Multinationals Become Global Headliners, Charles Davidson and Stephen Kay. EconSouth, Vol. 9, No. 3, Third Quarter 2007. Español | Português ||  Latin American Multinational Companies (MP3 7:53)
International Trade: A Larger Piece of the U.S. Economic Pie, Galina Alexeenko and Diego Vilán. EconSouth, Vol. 9, No. 2, Second Quarter 2007.
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A Falling Dollar: Good or Bad News?
Diego Vilán. EconSouth, Vol. 9, No. 1, First Quarter 2007.
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Carpeting on a Roll in Georgia, Charles Davidson. EconSouth, Vol. 8, No. 4, Fourth Quarter 2006.
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The Energy Debate: Is Ethanol the Answer? Sarah Dougherty. EconSouth, Vol. 8, No. 3, Third Quarter 2006.
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Financial Services Trade Liberalization in the Doha Round: Implications for Latin America (PDF), Francisco J. Parodi and Alejandra Pereira. Integration & Trade Journal, No. 22 (January–June 2005) 
Avian Flu Has Poultry Industry in a Flap, Ed English and Gustavo Uceda. EconSouth, Vol. 8, No. 1, First Quarter 2006
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Trade, Gravity, and Sudden Stops: On How Commercial Trade Can Increase the Stability of Capital Flows, Eduardo A. Cavallo. Working Paper 2005-23, September 2005
China's Economic Emergence, Michael Chriszt and Elena Whisler. EconSouth, Vol. 7, No.2, Second Quarter 2005.
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Riding the Rising Wave of Hispanic Buying Power, Sarah Dougherty with Lynne Anservitz. EconSouth, Vol. 7, No. 1, First Quarter 2005
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CAFTA: Economic & Financial PerspectivesMyriam Quispe-Agnoli and Elena Casal.  
World Trade Close Up: Seizing New Opportunities, World Trade Center, North Carolina, April 13, 2004.
Spanning the Western Hemisphere: Free Trade Area of the Americas, Francisco Parodi. EconSouth, Vol. 5, No. 1, First Quarter 2003.
A Mixed Blessing: Oil and Latin American Economies, Stephen J. Kay and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. EconSouth, Vol. 4, No. 3, Third Quarter 2002
The Effect of Immigration on Output Mix, Capital, and Productivity,
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli and Madeline Zavodny. Economic Review, Vol. 87, No. 1, First Quarter 2002.

Mercosur: Back on Track? Stephen J. Kay. EconSouth, Vol. 2, No. 2, Second Quarter 2000.
Americas OutlookAmericas Outlook: Latin America Real GDP Performance and Forecast, Q1 2009, LARG Staff.
Latin America Real GDP Performance and Forecast, Q4 2008, LARG Staff.
Latin America Real GDP Performance and Forecast, Q2 2008, LARG Staff.
Latin America Real GDP Performance and Forecast, Q1 2008, LARG Staff.
Real GDP Growth Performance and Outlook, Q4 2007, LARG Staff.
Real GDP Growth Performance and Outlook, Q3 2007, LARG Staff.
Real GDP Growth Performance and Outlook, Q2 2007, LARG Staff.
Real GDP Growth Performance and Outlook, Q1 2007, LARG Staff.

                    


    


                    

        
    