Guillermo Lagarda

Global Development Policy Center Boston University

Research Scholar

53 Bay State Road

Boston, MA 02215

United States

Inter-American Development Bank

Research & Knowledge Coordinator (ICS)

1300 New York Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20577

United States

  • Global Development Policy Center Boston University

  • Inter-American Development Bank

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1.

The Impact of APIs in Firm Performance

Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper No. 2843326
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 23 May 2017
Seth Benzell, Guillermo Lagarda and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems
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Firm performance, IT productivity, APIs, platforms, internal and external networks, event study

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How APIs Create Growth by Inverting the Firm

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Seth Benzell, Jonathan Samuel Hersh, Marshall W. Van Alstyne and Guillermo Lagarda
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems and Global Development Policy Center Boston University
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Platforms, APIs, Information Security, Technology Strategy, Market Capitalization

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Robots are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement

NBER Working Paper No. w20941
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Seth Benzell, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo Lagarda and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute
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Can Russia Survive Economic Sanctions?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Jan 2017
Guillermo Lagarda
Global Development Policy Center Boston University
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Corporate Income Tax, Tax Reform, Demographic Transition, Overlapping Generations (OLG), Computable General Equilibrium Models (CGE), Wage Inequality, Pareto Improvements, Fossil Fuels, Sanctions, Autarky

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A Personalized VAT with Capital Transfers: A Reform to Protect Low-Income Households in Mexico

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo Lagarda and Gabriel Marin
Boston University - Department of Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
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Value-Added Tax, Personalized Value-Added Tax, Tax Reform, Progressivity, Saving-Inducing Taxation, Economic Development, Overlapping Generations, Incidence

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Robots: Curse or Blessing? A Basic Framework

NBER Working Paper No. w21091
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Seth Benzell and Guillermo Lagarda
Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute, Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics and Global Development Policy Center Boston University
Downloads 117 (512,254)
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Capital Openness and Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Study and the Role of CCTs in Latin America

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
Guillermo Lagarda, Jennifer Linares and Kevin P. Gallagher
Global Development Policy Center Boston University, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Boston University
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Capital Liberalization, Capital Account, Inequality, Income, Financial Depth, Institutional Strength, Safety Nets

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Simulating Business Cash Flow Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w23675
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 17 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2023
Seth Benzell, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo Lagarda and Victor Yifan Ye
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Boston University
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Analisis del Mercado Laboral y su Efecto en el Sistema de Pensiones (Analysis on Labor Market Mobility and the Effects on the Pension System)

Number of pages: 124 Posted: 26 Oct 2016
Guillermo Lagarda and Jose Mandujano
Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Independent
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Pensiones, Jubilacion, Cotizacion, Contribucion, Empleo, Ingresos, Informalidad, Tasa De Reemplazo

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Do Labor Demand Shifts Occur Within Firms or Across Them? Non-Routine-Biased Technological Change, 2000-2016

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Seth Benzell, Guillermo Lagarda and Daniel Rock
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department
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Skill-Biased Technological Change, Labor Demand, Automation, Business Dynamism

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The Future of Global Economic Power

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jan 2024
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Seth G. Benzell, Maria V Kazakova, Kristina Nesterova, Yifan Ye, Andrey Zubarev and Guillermo Lagarda
Boston University - Department of Economics, Chapman University, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA), Boston University, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research and Global Development Policy Center Boston University
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economic growth, Economic Power, Demographic Change, Transition Path, fiscal policy, Global Inequality

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Tariffs vs VAT: Revisiting the Implications of Border Tax Adjustment Policy for the U.S. and Trade Partners

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2025
Guillermo Lagarda and Paulina Verastegui
Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Anahuac University
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Tariffs, Border Tax Adjustments, Destination-Based Cash Flow Tax, VAT, CIT

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Simulating Russia's and Other Large Economies’ Challenging and Interconnected Transitions

NBER Working Paper No. w21269
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Seth Benzell, Eugene Goryunov, Maria V Kazakova, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo Lagarda, Kristina Nesterova and Andrey Zubarev
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Boston University - Department of Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) and Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research
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Debt and Credit Quality in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2016
Guillermo Lagarda, Jordi Prat, Marco Solera and Javier H Beverinotti
Global Development Policy Center Boston University, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Quantifying the Tax Collection Effects of the Criminal-Fiscal Mexican Reform Prior to its Repeal

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Guillermo Lagarda and Daniela Mendirichaga
Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Universidad Anáhuac
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Tax collection, Legal Reform, VAT, Income Tax, ATT, DID, Smart Algorithms, Digital Capabilities

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The Future of Global Economic Power

NBER Working Paper No. w30556
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Seth Benzell, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Maria V Kazakova, Guillermo Lagarda, Kristina Nesterova, Victor Yifan Ye and Andrey Zubarev
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Global Development Policy Center Boston University, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA), Boston University and Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research
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Simulating Endogenous Global Automation

NBER Working Paper No. w29220
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Seth Benzell, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo Lagarda and Victor Yifan Ye
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Boston University
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