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Este trabajo analiza cómo los diferentes sistemas de asignación de licitaciones públicas entre empresas afectan a la dinámica empresarial y al crecimiento económico a largo plazo. Por un lado, construimos una base de datos administrativos que combina información sobre las características...
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This dissertation consists of three essays in international economics. The first chapter investigates whether opening up to international financial flows improves aggregate productivity in the presence of limited contract enforceability. I present a model of two countries that differ in terms of...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is privatizing the processing of hazardous and radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington State. As part of the privatization process, a request for proposals describing the conditions and DOE`s expectations for contractor performance and...
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examines the calibration of a realparametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by the Mexicangovernment. The … calibration of the CAT bond is based on the estimation ofthe intensity rate that describes the earthquake process from the two … affect the valueof the losses caused by earthquakes, e.g. magnitude, depth, city impact,etc., we also derive the price of a …
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After the occurrence of a natural disaster, the reconstruction can be financed with catastrophic bonds (CAT bonds) or … earthquakes in Mexico. This thesis examines the calibration of a real parametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by … the Mexican government. This thesis also derives the price of a hypothetical modeled loss CAT bond for earthquakes, which …
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Legalized gambling is being promoted as the economic development tool of the 1990's. All across America, communities are embracing an industry once relegated to the back rooms of seedy establishments run by shady characters of questionable moral standing. This new-found respect for gambling...
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though three case studies of malaria research,earthquake research, and Chesapeake Bay research.The research found there to be …
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facilitating emergency response to a major earthquake, but little attention has been directed toward the importance of lifeline …National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research …
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goal. Therefore they become crucial in the coordination of intervention actions to efficiently recover from a disaster or … peculiar characteristics. So although generic business processes for disaster management would typically be available in a …
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This article deals with the analysis of the positive side of the foreign direct investments in the World´s economy. The importance of this research is derived from the significant role that can be played by foreign investments in industrialized and developing countries. Some countries are still...
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