This paper outlines the characteristics and determinants of Puerto Rican female entrepreneurs in 2007. This study utilizes data from the Adult Population Survey (APS) for 2007 from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project. We find that female entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico are most likely...

Revisión de los datos del estudio Política Fiscal Federal en Puerto Rico: Modelo Correlacional de Consecuencias Electorales del 1978 y su primera actualización en el 2006. Con dicha correlación buscamos probar que el aumento de fondos federales en el presupuesto está directamente...

In 2011, the Civil Rights Division within the US Department of Justice published a report that summarised an investigation of the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD). The report states that the PRPD is broken in a number of critical and fundamental respects. Moreover, Puerto Rico has...

Wind data was measured at a number of sites on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico over a 24 calendar-month time frame. The wind data gathered at four sites is envisaged to shed new light on the wind characteristics of this tropical island with an emphasis on the climate’s suitability for wind...

Este artículo tiene como objetivo utilizar la técnica de integración vertical como alternativa a las medidas de productividad tradicionales basadas en la metodología de Insumo-Producto. La manera directa o esquema de Leontief sufre de ciertas limitaciones, las cuales tienen como base la...

Puerto Rico generates and disposes nearly five million/year scrap tires (ST), of which 4.2% is recycled and 80% is exported. The Island has one of the world highest electrical service tariff ($0.28 kWh), because of its dependency on fossil fuels for power generation. The Government has not...

This study assesses the potential impact of establishing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Puerto Rico, including the administrative burden and costs to both the U.S. government and the government of Puerto Rico.