Browsing Año 2020 by Author "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-4124"
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Are the business cycles of Argentina and Brazil different? New features and stylized facts
Jacobo, Alejandro D.; Marengo, Alejandro (2020-07)This paper deals with the macroeconomic behavior of Argentina and Brazil for the period 1995.1-2018.4. It explores whether their economic fluctuations followed a similar pattern according to their duration, intensity and ... -
Business cycles synchronization among Argentina, Brazil and their main EU trading partners
Jacobo, Alejandro D.; Marengo, Alejandro (2020)In this paper, we apply the Hodrick and Prescott filter to explore whether the economic fluctuations of Argentina, Brazil andtheir main European Union (EU) trading partners followed a similar pattern for the period ... -
The effects of rent controls in Latin America. A century of regulations in Argentina
Jacobo, Alejandro D.; Kholodilin, Konstantin A. (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. ... -
The great recession and the determinants of tariff and antidumping restrictions in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico: a retrospective study
Jalile, Ileana R.; Jacobo, Alejandro D. (2020-02)During the Great Recession (GR) several Latin American economies were active users of trade policies measures. However, their protectionist response is frequently seen as an instrument to attain other goals rather than ...