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Do industries pollute more in poorer neighborhoods?: evidence from toxic releasing plants in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
This paper provides the first, direct evidence that poorer communities in Mexico are associated with higher toxics pollution releases. We utilize previously unused, self-reported, plant-level annual database (from 2004 to ...
Infraestructura y cobertura universal en salud
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2012)
En este documento analizamos la infraestructura y los recursos humanos existentes (hospitales, camas, quirófanos, médicos y enfermeras, entre otros), tanto en el sector público como en el privado, para determinar la capacidad ...
Competition and bank risk taking in a differentiated oligopoly
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2014)
We re-examine the relationship between the degree of deposit market competition and bank
risk taking in a model where banks compete in differentiated deposit services. When banks
invest their deposits directly, as has ...
¿Quiénes son los NiNis en México?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
The objetive of this article is to characterize the population between 15 and
29 years old who does not attend school and does not work (NiNi, as they
are know in Mexico). We used data from the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Cesuses
of ...
La política de innovación en el contexto de especialización competitiva de algunos estados de México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2014)
En este trabajo se analiza el impacto de distintos apoyos a la innovación brindados por Conacyt (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) en la competitividad de las actividades más importantes en cada estado. El análisis ...
Democratic economics and improved governance: development policies for the G20
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2010)
Democratic economics and improved governance can be guiding principles
for the newly formed G20, representing two thirds of the world’s population
and 88% of the world’s economy.
To get economies to work for the majorities ...
Informal sector, productivity, and tax collection
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2010)
The informal sector is a prominent characteristic of many developing countries. Most of the literature has focused on understanding the determinants of informality. The connection between the informal sector and economic ...
Is crime in Mexico a disamenity?: evidence from a hedonic valuation approach
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas, División de Economía, 2015)
Since Roback (1982)’s seminal work, the literature has evaluated the role of the amenities to equilibrate the regional differentials of nominal wages and prices. While these studies generally find evidence for traditional ...
Do consumers really prefer formal credit to informal credit?: evidence from a pseudo-experimental design in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2012)
The development of economic institutions characterizes economic growth and promotes efficiency. For example, formal credit institutions operate in the credit market in a more efficient way than informal money lenders because ...
Ecological inference with entropy econometrics: using the Mexican census as a benchmark
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
Most regional empirical analyses are limited by the lack of data. Researchers have to use information that is structured in administrative or political regions which are not always economically meaningful. The non-availability ...