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A short episodic history of income distribution in Argentina
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-02-02)
In this paper, we use tax and household survey data to assess the history of income distribution in Argentina since the beginning of the 20th century. Until the 1970s, the country experienced a fall in inequality in spite ...
Discrimination through versioning with advertising in social networks
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2018)
This article investigates a second-degree discrimination scheme where an online platform sells a two-version service to consumers involved in a random network. In particular, consumers choose between purchasing a premium ...
Yet another tale of two cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-02-02)
Buenos Aires and Chicago grew during the nineteenth century for remarkably similar reasons. Both cities were conduits for moving meat and grain from fertile hinterlands to eastern markets. However, despite their initial ...
Introduction to Argentine exceptionalism
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-01-05)
This article is an introduction to the special collection on Argentine Exceptionalism. First, we discuss why the case of Argentina is generally regarded as exceptional: the country was among the richest in the world at the ...
Asymmetric real‑exchange‑rate effects on capital accumulation: evidence from non‑linear ARDL models for Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-10-05)
The paper studies the effects of the real exchange rate (RER) on capital accumulation in Mexico in the period since the late 1980s. By testing for the existence of potential asymmetries, the paper seeks to clarify some of ...
Path-dependent import-substitution policies: the case of Argentina in the twentieth century
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-02-02)
We use a simple three-sector model to narrate the economic history of Argentina during the twentieth century as seen through the prism of its integration into and dis-integration from the world economy. Assuming that capital ...
Trade liberalization and informality in Argentina: exploring the adjustment mechanisms
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-12-04)
This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning the 1980–2001 period. We explore cross-section mechanisms, that operate at the industry level, and ...
Experiencias de fútbol mixtas y percepciones en tres tiempos durante la Eurocopa 2016 en Francia
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2018)
La propuesta de este documento es analizar una metodología de trabajo social, denominada fútbol en tres tiempos, en un encuentro de organizaciones no gubernamentales desarrollado en Lyon, durante la Eurocopa Francia 2016. ...
The demand for military spending in Latin American countries
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-10-05)
The allocation of resources to defence and national security is influenced by several factors, both domestic and external. Empirical findings suggest that military spending is determined by economic, strategic, political, ...
The legacy of war dynamics on state capacity: evidence from 19th century Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2018)
The literature on conflict is ambiguous about the impact of war on state capacity building. We zoom in on the war of independence in Mexico (1810–1821) to uncover that the effect of war on long-term state capacity depends ...