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Large Fiscal Episodes and Sustainable Development : Some International Evidence

Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Nguyen, Hien Thi Kim; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South …

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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries

McKenzie, David - 2015

Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. We show that variation in business practices explains as much of …

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Micro-Evidence on Product and Labor Market Regime Differences between Chile and France

Dobbelaere, Sabien - 2015

using firm-level data in Chile, a non-OECD member under the considered time period, and France. We rely on two extensions of … period 1996-2003 in Chile containing unique data on firm-level output price indices and 14,270 firms over the period 1994 …

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What do Exporters Know?

Dickstein, Michael J. - 2015

Much of the variation in international trade volume is driven by firms' extensive margin decision to participate in export markets. To understand this decision and predict the sensitivity of export flows to changes in trade costs, we estimate a standard model of firms' export participation. In...

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(Un)Informed College and Major Choice : Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data

Hastings, Justine S. - 2015

We use large-scale surveys of Chilean college applicants and college students to explore the way students form beliefs about earnings and cost outcomes at different institutions and majors and how these beliefs relate to degree choice and persistence. Linking our survey records to administrative...

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The Effect of Mandated Child Care on Female Wages in Chile

Prada, María F. - 2015

Chile. We use a unique employer-employee database from the country's unemployment insurance (UI) system containing monthly …

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An Empirical Analysis of Primary and Secondary Pharmaceutical Patents in Chile

Sittler, María José Abud - 2015

We analyze the patent filing strategies of foreign pharmaceutical companies in Chile distinguishing between "primary … extend patent protection on drugs in length and breadth. Using a novel dataset that comprises all drugs registered in Chile … pursue similar strategies in Chile. We find a primary to secondary patents ratio of 1:4 at the drug-level which is comparable …

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Sovereign Default, Debt Restructuring, and Recovery Rates : Was the Argentinean “Haircut” Excessive?

Edwards, Sebastian - 2015

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Greece. The results suggest that the haircut imposed by Argentina in its 2005 restructuring (75 …

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Monetary Policy Independence under Flexible Exchange Rates : An Illusion?

Edwards, Sebastian - 2015

, and capital mobility - Chile, Colombia and Mexico - to investigate the extent to which Federal Reserve actions are …

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Saving More to Borrow Less : Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile

Kast, Felipe - 2014

Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also by heavy debt burdens. We find that reducing barriers to saving through access to free savings accounts decreases participants' short-term debt by about 20%. In addition, participants who experience an economic shock...

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