El objetivo del trabajo se centra en un análisis transversal y longitudinal de la pobreza en Alemania en el período de 1985 a 1996, utilizando la base de datos Panel Comparability Project. El análisis transversal nos permite conocer cómo el proceso de reunificación alemana influye en el...

The presence of seasonal fluctuations (regular behavior along the year related to weather or institutional factors) invalidates monthly (quarterly) comparisons. In turn, since inter-annual variations depend on the comparison basis being used, they could provide very little information to the...

In the present decade, in emerging economies such as those in Latin-America, mixed logistic models have been started applying to predict the financial failure of companies. However, there are limitations for the methodology linked to the feasibility of predicting the state of new companies that...

This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...

The presence of seasonal fluctuations (regular behavior along the year related to weather or institutional factors) invalidates monthly (quarterly) comparisons. In turn, since inter-annual variations depend on the comparison basis being used, they could provide very little information to the...

This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...

Spanish Abstract: El gobierno colombiano impulsa una política nacional para fortalecer las competencias comunicativas en inglés en todos los niveles educativos, en especial en la educación superior, pero poco se ha escrito sobre los logros de esa política. Este artículo describe los cambios...

In the present decade, in emerging economies such as those in Latin-America, mixed logistic models have been started applying to predict the financial failure of companies. However, there are limitations for the methodology linked to the feasibility of predicting the state of new companies that...

El presente trabajo desarrolla algunos análisis descriptivos y estima algunosde los criterios de Convergencia de Mäastrich de la Unión Europea (UE) para la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), en el sentido de convergenciaeconómica de Barro (1990), para medir la pertinencia de profundizar en...

En este trabajo se estima una frontera de costos estocástica para las empresas del sector agua en el continente Asiático y región del Pacífico, y se calculan las medidas de eficiencia individuales utilizando Mínimos Cuadrados Clásicos Corregidos y Máxima Verosimilitud, suponiendo en ambos...