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The effects of "bad" governance - the case of Argentina's economic development under special consideration of system reliance
Eberhart, David - 2006
Argentinien erlebte in der Jahren 2001 und 2002 die schwerste Wirtschaftskrise seiner jüngeren Geschichte. Doch auch … dominierenden strukturalistischen Ansätze, noch die neoklassischen Erklärungsbeiträge, die seit den 80er Jahren auch in Argentinien … Anwendbarkeit für die Erklärung des Fallbeispiels Argentinien einschränken. Sie beleuchten zwar jeweils wichtige Aspekte des …
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Imperfectly competitive cycles with Keynesian and Walrasian features
Kaas, Leo; Madden, Paul - 2005
We consider a multi-sector overlapping generations model with oligopolistic firms in the output markets and wage-setting trade unions in the labour markets. A coordination problem between firms creates multiple temporary equilibria which are either Walrasian or of the Keynesian unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471636
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Stabilizing chaos in a dynamic macroeconomic model
Kaas, Leo - 1998
Within a macroeconomic disequilibrium model it turns out that stationary and simple adaptive policies are not capable of stabilizing efficient steady states and lead to periodic or irregular fluctuations for large sets of policy parameters. The application of recent control methods for chaotic...
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Empirical Puzzles of Chilean Stabilization Policy
Calvo, Guillermo A.; Mendoza, Enrique G. - 1998
This paper reviews Chilean stabilization policy during the 1990s andargues that, while the merits of Chilean policy should be praised, there are fourpuzzles in conventional interpretations of the Chilean experience worth studying.First, the policy of targeting indexed interest rates does not...
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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination
2009
Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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Impact of export control policy measures in an attempt to tame Argentina's inflation
Rossi, Paula; Kagatsume, Masaru; Prosperi, Maurizio - 2007
staple food in Argentina: beef. The government reacted by launching an aggressive plan to fight inflation which included … to the Argentinean authorities when deciding to isolate the country, since markets unattended by Argentina quickly find … alternative sources of supply even within Argentina’s neighbors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445135
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Potential for Carbon Forest Plantations in Marginal Timber Forests: The Case of Patagonia, Argentina
Sedjo, Roger A. - 1999
section of this paper examines the Patagonia region of Argentina, as an example of an area where carbon sequestration values …
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Empirical Evaluation of DSGE Models for Emerging Countries
Garcia Cicco, Javier - 2009
This dissertation is the collection of three essays aimed to evaluate the empirical performance of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models in explaining the behavior of macroeconomic dynamics in emerging countries. Chapter 1, which is joint work with M. Uribe and R. Pancrazzi,...
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Learning and the Creation of Innovation Capabilities in Argentina’s Auto Parts Industry
Motta, Jorge - 2009
The purpose of this article is to find out about the main sources and the learning and skills accumulation modalities in innovation among Argentine auto parts manufacturers. In particular: a) the way the firms follow to introduce new products, processes and organisational forms and the way in...
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Argentine soybean production: the outlier in a weak innovative environment
Albrieu, Ramiro; Bernat, Gonzalo; Corso, Eduardo Ariel - 2009
During the last decade, Argentine soybean production showed a high rate of innovation, as farmers adopted state of the art technologies associated with biotechnology without important lags regarding their international launch. This sector’s high speed of assimilation of global innovations...
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