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Standard vs. expectation-based indices of TOT volatility in Argentina and other land-abundant countries
(2014-11)
We mean to improve upon a standing ambiguity in the meaning of "volatility", building an indicator that possesses desirable properties: it reflects unobserved ex ante uncertainty, makes reference to a time process, and ...
Mapping the elasticity of economic growth to financial development: A 1980 - 2012 empirical analysis for 100 countries
(Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, 2017-11)
This research analyzes the impact of financial development on economic growth for a set of 100 countries. It applies cointegration methods taking into account country heterogeneities, which have not been studied up to now ...
Career path of graduates at the School of Economic Sciences of the National University of Cordoba: an approach through the quality of job. The case of graduates in 2016
(2017-11)
This paper aims to analyze the job satisfaction of recent graduates that have finished their studies at the School of Economic Sciences of the National University of Córdoba (SES-NUC). Firstly, we study the relationship ...
The effects of rent controls in Latin America. A century of regulations in Argentina
(2020)
Following World War I, rent control became a standard policy response to the housing shortage and the resulting rent increases. Typically, economists blame it for creating inefficiencies in the housing market and beyond. ...
Revisting the role of institutional and political factors on economic integration. The case of Latin America
(2014-09)
The recent conflict in Ukraine among pro-European integration groups and opponents, has increased the interest on the analysis on the determinants of regional integration. In fact, the events that are currently taking place ...
Inequality, poverty and the commitment of the economists
(2017-09)
Problems like poverty, inequality and wealth distribution have been present ever since political economy was born. Classics, Socialists and Keynesians did not ignore their intellectual responsibilities and these themes ...
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 ...
Effects on welfare and poverty of the increase in international prices of agricultural commodities. A simulation exercise for Argentina, México and Uruguay
(2015-07)
With a large share of households with low and medium-low income, the increase in agricultural commodity prices has the potential to hurt a sizable part of the population through a rise in the price of the consumption ...
Implicit redistribution within Argentina’s social security system: a micro-simulation exercise
(2015)
The intra-generational redistribution in the Argentinean pension program is assessed in a lifetime basis. Using household surveys, the lifetime flows of labor income, contributions and retirement benefits are simulated. ...
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 ...