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Mining matters : natural resource extraction and local business constraints
Haas, Ralph de; Poelhekke, Steven - 2016
We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight resource-rich countries. We find that with the presence of active mines, the business environment in the immediate vicinity (20 km) of a firm deteriorates but business constraints...
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2009
institutional framework play a role in banks' decisions. To do so, we use a unique survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, two …
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Quality and the great trade collapse
Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana - 2015
We explore whether the global financial crisis has had heterogeneous effects on traded goods differentiated by quality. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but...
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How do subnational governments react to shocks to different revenue sources? : evidence from hydrocarbon-producing provinces in Argentina
Besfamille, Martin; Jorrat, Diego; Manzano, Osmel; … - 2021
Based on the fiscal regime that prevailed in Argentina from 1988 to 2003, we estimate the effects that changes in …
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How do subnational governments react to shocks to revenue sources? : evidence from Argentina
Besfamille, Martin; Jorrat, Diego; Manzano, Osmel; … - 2019
that prevailed in Argentina from 1988 to 2003, we jointly estimate the effects that changes in these public revenues had on …
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Competitiveness : a comparison of China and Mexico
Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas (contributor);  … - 2007
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An analysis of the impact of public infrastructure on productivity performance of Mexican industry
Mamatzakis, Emmanuel C. (contributor) - 2007
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A multivariate long-memory model with structural breaks
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria (contributor);  … - 2007
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Maquiladoras and informality : a mixed blessing
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - 2011
Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a … market outcomes in Mexico. We develop a heterogeneous firm model with imperfect labor markets that captures salient features … the equilibrium with an informal sector. -- offshoring ; informal sector ; maquiladoras ; trade and labor markets ; Mexico …
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Mexican and Hispanic net nutrition in the 19th century American West
Carson, Scott Alan - 2015
When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
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