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Banks versus hurricanes : a case study of Puerto Rico after hurricanes Irma and Maria
Anagnostakos, Peter; Bram, Jason; Chan, Benjamin; … - 2023
disasters affect bank stability and their ability to lend. Despite the devastation wrought by two category 5 hurricanes in a … single month, we find relatively modest and transitory impacts on bank performance with no evident decline in lending … capacity. We discuss various mitigants that help limit bank exposure to extreme weather and whether these mitigants may be …
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Estudio intrapaíses de la competitividad global desde el enfoque del doble diamante para Puerto Rico, Costa Rica y Singapur
Castro-Gonzáles, Segundo; Peña-Vinces, Jesús; … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 20 (2014) 3, pp. 122-130
Many researchers and economists have argued that competitiveness studies conducted by WEF and IMD, show limitations in small-economies, even more when they have different characteristics. The objective of this research is to study the competitiveness of three small-economies: Puerto Rico, Costa...
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Estimating the effects of partial withdrawals on GPA through time: Evidence from the University of Puerto Rico
Matos-Díaz, Horacio - In: EconomiA 19 (2018) 1, pp. 90-104
Although a direct relationship among partial withdrawals (Ws), GPA and grade inflation (GI) is suggested in prior research, this study demonstrates just the opposite. Evidence from a detailed panel-data comprising 34,426 sections offered in the UPR-Bayamón during 36 consecutive terms...
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Puerto Rico's minimum wage: Revisiting a price floor with bite
Omberg, Robert Tucker - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-25
Revisiting research from the 1990s from Castillo-Freeman and Krueger, I use the synthetic control method of Abadie et al. to estimate the impact of the most recent increase in the federal minimum wage on employment in Puerto Rico. I estimate that the employment/population ratio of various groups...
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Is spanish-only schooling responsible for the Puerto Rican language GAP?
Angrist, Joshua D.; Chin, Aimee; Godoy, Ricardo A. - 2006
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Puerto Rico : fiscal and economic growth challenges
Bustillo, Inés; Velloso, Helvia - 2015
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Quiebras y préstamos en Puerto Rico : una mirada exploratoria a su relación
Álvarez, Marta - In: Ecos de economía 17 (2013) 36, pp. 127-146
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Labor outflows and labor inflows in Puerto Rico
Borjas, George J. - 2007
"Although a sizable fraction of the Puerto Rican-born population moved to the United States, the island also received large inflows of persons born outside Puerto Rico. Hence Puerto Rico provides a unique setting for examining how labor inflows and outflows coexist, and measuring the...
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Economic census of Island areas / Geographic area series / Puerto Rico / Geographic area statistics / US Census Bureau
USA / Bureau of the Census - Washington, DC - 2002(2006) -
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