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The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Review 2003
Garrón, Mauricio; Villarreal, Alejandro; Chiliquinga, Byron - EconWPA - 2005
The 2003 Energy review,contains information about the 2003 energy situation of each of our member countries, regional data, as well as economic and social indicators corrected and extended through historical series. It presents and innovative structure for analysis that allows the reader to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118923
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Financial Crises and the Presence of Foreign Banks
Tschoegl, Adrian E. - EconWPA - 2004
The paper distinguishes between the classic or traditional foreign banks with their emphasis on corporate and wholesale banking, and the innovators responding to transition, deregulation or crisis in emerging markets. The innovators come in three varieties—bettors, prospectors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556647
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Quality of Government Services and the Civic Duty to Pay Taxes in the Czech and Slovak Republics, and other Transition Countries
Hanousek, Jan; Palda, Filip - EconWPA - 2002
A 2002 survey of 1089 Czechs and 501 Slovaks, as well as a more limited survey of Hungary, and Poland, indicates that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408409
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Policy Reform in Networks Infrastructure: The Case of Mexico
Tovar-Landa, Ramiro - EconWPA - 1997
the telecommunications sector. In spite of deregulation and privatization policies in the recent past, there are threats …This paper addresses the recent Mexico experience in the opening to competition in networks infrastructure mainly in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076639
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Regional Cluster Analysis in the Mexican Telecommunications Sector. Impact of Economies of Agglomeration, Clusters and networking in medium-sized Mexican Telecommunication firms.
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2005
most of the largest cable/satellite TV and related telecommunications clusters in Mexico. Sumario: Se han tenido diversos …There have been many empirical studies analyzing telecommunications clusters across countries and regions since the … telecommunications. Knowledge and technology transfer matter for economic growth. Most formal analyses of knowledge driven economies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119052
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Monitoring Banking Sector Fragility
Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2002
In the financial crisis literature, it is usually argued that, contrary to the case of currency crises, building a time series index to identify banking crisis episodes is highly difficult, particularly because of the lack of reliable data on banking sector variables (non-performing loans,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126447
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Unofficial Dollarization in Latin America: Currency Substitution, Network Externalities and Irreversibility
Feige, Edgar L.; Šošiæ, Vedran; Faulend, Michael; … - EconWPA - 2002
Argentina in order to examine the dynamic consequences of network externalities for hysteresis and irreversibility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556619
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Sviluppo e riforme in Cile: apertura commerciale, fondi pensione e privatizzazione dei servizi/REFORMS AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHILE: Macro considerations on Int'l Trade, Pension Funds...
Panizza, Andrea de - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines the growth pattern followed by the Chilean economy with reference to the macroeconomic reforms undertaken during the Pinochet regime, which were largely maintained by successive democratic administrations and partially reproduced by neighbouring countries. The focus is on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126348
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Can Voting Reduce Welfare? Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector
Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2004
" polity's economy can rest at an inferior discretionary equilibrium. I develop evidence that the US telecommunications sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125893
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Can Voting Reduce Welfare? Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector
Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2004
" polity's economy can rest at an inferior discretionary equilibrium. I develop evidence that the US telecommunications sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556935