Electricity prices have seen a consistent upward trend since the implementation of Mexico's electricity market reform (EMR). This has been interpreted by some as a failure of the EMR. In this paper we study the determinants of such price increases. We calculate the generation cost curve of the...

Spanish Abstract: Uno de los retos de la política de la competencia es hacer frente a las restricciones de la competencia provocadas o favorecidas por normas jurídicas o por decisiones de los poderes públicos. Sus efectos negativos en el funcionamiento del mercado y en el bienestar de los...

Spanish Abstract: El efecto de políticas de promoción de la competencia sobre el crecimiento económico ha sido poco estudiado empíricamente; sin embargo, algunos estudios teóricos y empíricos han analizado el impacto de la competencia imperfecta en el crecimiento de la productividad. En...

Spanish Abstract: Las políticas ambientales y la dependencia del consumo de la energía eléctrica han llevado a las empresas del sector industrial a incluir novedosos sistemas de gestión. En Venezuela, la empresa Productos Alimex CA se ha dedicado a la producción de embutidos desde 1957 y es...

Electricity prices have seen a consistent upward trend since the implementation of Mexico's electricity market reform (EMR). This has been interpreted by some as a failure of the EMR. In this paper we study the determinants of such price increases. We calculate the generation cost curve of the...

As with the developments that have been taking place now that business organisations are taking on Corporative Social Responsibility activities, the marketing of financial products included in what has recently become known as socially responsible investment (SRI) has now become the order of the...