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Pension Reform in a Highly Informalized Post-Soviet Economy

Dobronogov, Anton; Mayhew, Les - EconWPA - 2000

Pension reform is now on the national agenda in most post-Soviet countries. These countries have highly informalized economies, which means that large areas of economic activity go unreported to the authorities. This paper deals with the problem of pension reform in a highly informalized...

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On Selective Indirect Tax Reform in Developing Countries

Emran, M. Shahe; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - EconWPA - 2002

The current consensus on indirect tax reform in developing countries favors a reduction in trade taxes with an increase in VAT to raise revenue. The theoretical results on selective reform that underlie this consensus are, however, derived from partial models that ignore the existence of an...

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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. …

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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...

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Los Precios Locales en el Mercado Electrico Mayorista

Abdala, Manuel A.; Neder, Angel Enrique; Arrufat, Jose Luis - EconWPA - 2005

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CASO BANCO GALICIA Y BUENOS AIRES S.A.

Rubio, Fernando - EconWPA - 2004

El caso analiza las especiales circunstancias que vivió el Banco Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. durante el “corralito” que afectó al sistema financiero argentino durante 2001. Adicionalmente, pretende que los alumnos asuman la figura del Presidente del Banco y de la Sociedad Controladora de...

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Recovery from Depression: Australia in an Argentine Mirror: 1895- 1913

McLean, Ian W. - EconWPA - 2005

comparable settler economies of Argentina and Canada. Why? Australia’s hesitant initial recovery is typically attributed to the … experience, it is suggested that additional factors need to be considered. Unlike Argentina, the unwillingness or inability of …-cost pioneer farming ended earlier than in Argentina (or Canada). …

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TOWARDS A NEW SET OF LEADING INDICATORS OF CURRENCY CRISIS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN APPLICATION TO ARGENTINA

Marongiu, Federico - EconWPA - 2005

some new indicators to include in an Early Warning System that can take on account specific features of Argentina´s economy … Argentina and in other developing countries in the planification and implementation of development policies and programs. …

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¿Es progresivo aumentar el mínimo no imponible del Impuesto a las Ganancias?

Marongiu, Federico; Dborkin, Daniela - EconWPA - 2005

Uno de los aspectos más controvertidos del debate en el Congreso de la Nación sobre las prórrogas impositivas es el que se refiere al aumento del mínimo no imponible del Impuesto a las Ganancias. Mientras que el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional elevó un proyecto de ley que mantiene el mínimo...

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Determinants of the Crime Rate in Argentina during the 90's

Cerro, Ana María; Meloni, Osvaldo - EconWPA - 2005

proposed by Becker (1968), the present paper identifies the determinants of the crime rate in Argentina using a panel data for … 1990-99. As in previous papers studying the Argentina case, it is found that deterrence variables are important. However …

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