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Efficient access pricing and endogenous market structure
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2006)
We analyse a (differentiated good) industry where an incumbent firm owns
a network good (essential input) and faces potential competition in the
(downstream) retail market. Unlike the traditional approach, we consider ...
Redistributive constraints under high inequality: the case of Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
The paper presents a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of
redistributive spending in Mexico. It reviews the evolution over the last two
decades of the principal redistributive instruments and the distributive
outcomes ...
Asignación de trasplantes renales en México: estimación de un sistema de puntajes
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
A través de la estimación de un sistema de puntaje implícito intentamos inferir algunos de los principios utilizados por un equipo médico en la asignación de transplantes renales en México. Los resultados indican que los ...
A dynamic incentive mechanism for transmission expansion in electricity networks: theory, modeling and application
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
This paper examines the Hogan-Rosellón-Vogelsang (2007) (HRV) incentive mechanism for transmission expansion, and tests it for different network topologies. This new mechanism is based upon redefining transmission output ...
A Monte Carlo EM algorithm for FIML estimation of multivariate endogenous switching models with censored and discrete responses
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
This article presents a Monte Carlo EM algorithm to estimate multivariate endogenous switching regression models with censored and/or discrete responses and heteroscedastic errors. Advantages of the algorithm include: (1) ...
Innovación de procesos en el costo de generación de electricidad
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
En este artículo se estudia el comportamiento de la generación de energía
eléctrica en México. Se considera explícitamente el papel de la innovación
tecnológica como elemento clave para la instalación de nueva capacidad ...
To open or not to open: the causes, timing, and consequences of protectionism
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2007)
Recent history give us evidence of the different timing and results of the
opening up of several economies. When and why do governments open up
their economies, and why do domestic firms survive or not to the opening
up ...
Remittances, household expenditure and investment in Guatemala
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
This paper uses a large, nationally-representative household data set from
Guatemala to analyze how the receipt of internal remittances (from
Guatemala) and international remittances (from USA) affects the marginal
spending ...
A regime switching analysis of the exchange rate pass-through
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
We investigate the stability of the pricing policies of exporters. This includes the stability in the exchange rate pass-through coefficient as well as the stability in the response to variables that affect the firm’s ...
Measuring the effects of working-land conservation programs on adoption of soil-erosion reducing practices and permanent vegetative cover
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2006)
We use Maryland farm-level data to study the overall effect of voluntary conservation programs on permanent vegetative cover and the level of adoption of three soil-erosion reducing practices. In order to control for ...