Browsing FCE - Congresos 2013 by Language "eng"
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Analyzing trade policies: The case of contemporary protectionism in MERCOSUR
(2013)This paper explores the macro and microeconomic determinants of tariff and anti dumping (AD) initiations for the four founding members of MERCOSUR using pre and post-2008 crisis trade and protection data. Among other ... -
Capital flows to developing countries and terms of trade shocks
(Banco Central del Uruguay, 2013-11)This paper studies the relationship between FDI inflows and terms-of-trade shocks. We examine the existing literature related to the "Lucas Paradox", and analyze theoretically how a terms-of-trade shock would impact on ... -
Complementarities between policy actions in software production in emerging economies. The case of Argentina
(2013)This paper aims to analyze the presence of complementarity and substitutability relations between policy innovation actions in a Knowledge Intensive Business Services sector (KIBS) in an emerging ... -
Dynamic model for the analysis of productive environments in a pseudo crisis phase: The case of demographic ageing
(2013-10)In this paper, the hypothesis of an increasing elderly productive population is assumed in order to preserve the dynamical equilibrium between costs and production in the context of ageing on labour markets that takes ... -
Endogenous protection in imperfect competitive markets: an empirical analysis for Mercosur countries
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2013-11)This paper aims to study the endogenous structure of tariffs for a sample of Mercosur countries. The empirical analysis is carried out by taking into account an extended version of Grossman and Helpman's (1994) approach ... -
Explaining path-dependence in the evolution of networks. The case of an electronics cluster in Argentina
(2013-06)One of the current open areas of cluster research concerns the factors driving the dynamics of local inter-organizational networks. Since embeddedness in local networks is considered to be one important dimension of firms? ... -
Financial development and industry diversification
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2013-11)This paper empirically and theoretically studies industry or sec- tor diversication as a determinant to nancial development. The empirical evidence nds evidence that there is a robust relationship between industry (or ... -
Is the effect of economic integration on trade margins time sensitive? Sectoral evidence from Latin America
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2013-11)The present paper follows the methodology of Baier et al (2011) and Hummels and Klenow (2005) to determine the effects of different levels of EIAs on the intensive and the extensive margins of trade. The long time period ... -
Is the effect of the economic integration on trade margins time sensitive? Sectoral evidence from Latin America
(The European Trade Study Group, 2013-09)The present paper follows the methodology of Baier et al (2011) and Hummels and Klenow (2005) to determine the effects of different levels of EIAs (non-reciprocal PTA, PTA, FTA and customs unions) on the intensive and the ... -
Knowledge sources complementarities in Argentina´s production networks
(2013)The access to different knowledge sources is a key aspect for innovative firms and the characteristics of production networks in which firms are involved may condition the relative importance of those sources. Although ... -
Multilevel factor models: Identification of three-level model parameters for the study of regional development in Argentina
(2013-07)Based on a theoretical-social model which states that Communication and Information Technologies (CITs) infuence the human development, due to the impact they have on economic growth, this work explores the relationship ... -
Performance analysis of the academic units at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
(2013)The Universidad Nacional de Córdoba founded in 1613 is the oldest and one of the largest in the country. In 2011 it had 121,476 undergraduate students, 9,156 teaching positions and 83 degree programs.The university has 13 ... -
Poverty impacts of changes in the price of agricultural commodities, recent evidence from Argentina
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2013-11)With a large share of the population with low and medium-low incomes, the increase in agricultural commodities prices can potentially hurt an important part of the population through a raise in the price of goods that ... -
Preferences for vehicle ownership and mode choice for commuting trips in Córdoba City
(World Conference on Transport Research Society, 2013-07)This study presents a nested logit model integrating mode choice decisions for commuting trips, private vehicle ownership and the preferences for car and motorcycle buying as a response to changes in transport modes level ... -
Terms of trade and potential output in Argentina
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2013-11)This paper uses an equilibrium correction model to estimate Argentina’s potential output in the 1913-2011 period. The long-term equilibrium is represented by a Cobb-Douglas production function with three factors: capital, ...