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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 ...
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 ...
Efficiency in Argentine agricultural sector
(2014-11)
The principal purpose of this paper is to analyze the agricultural productive efficiency in the Pampean Region of Argentina. To achieve this goal, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is used. The "core area" ...
Testing for unit roots and granger non-causality in time series with multiple structural breaks. An international stock markets application
(2014-10)
In the current paper, we analyze the relationship amongst the dynamics of a group of selected stock indices using daily data. In order to that, we explore the statistical properties of the series, in particular the existence ...
Robust clustering of banks in Argentina
(2014-10)
The purpose of this paper is to classify and characterize 64 banks, active as of 2010 inArgentina, by means of robust techniques used on information gathered during the period 2001-2010. Based on the strategy criteria ...
Revisting the role of institutional and political factors on economic integration. The case of Latin America
(2014-08)
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 ...
Are national transfers crowding out provincial tax revenues in Argentina?
(2014-11)
Recent papers focused on the problem of weak fiscal incentives arising from imperfect interjurisdictonal arrangements which in turn distorted the fiscal federal scenario, as shared revenues dwindled following a subnational ...
A model about the interaction of the monetary policy in an advanced and an emerging economy
(2014-11)
A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model is developed for two open economies (advanced and emerging). A critical distinction between the economies rests on the location of financial frictions: imperfections affect ...
Determinants of the primary and manufacturing shares in GDP and the real exchange rate in Argentina
(2014-11)
This paper focuses on the real exchange rate and the sectoral shares. In Argentina, real exchange rate appreciations are caused by productivity improvements in the primary and manufacturing sectors, while real depreciations ...