The present article reexamines some of the issues regarding the benchmarking of patents using the NBER data base on U.S. patents by generalizing a parametric citation model and by estimating it using Generalized Additive Models (GAM) methodology. The main conclusion is that the estimated effects...

We propose a two-stage procedure to estimate conditional beta pricing models that allows for flexibility in the dynamics of asset betas and market prices of risk (MPR). First, conditional betas are estimated nonparametrically for each asset and period using the time-series of previous data....

We propose a new procedure to estimate and test conditional beta pricing models which allows for flexibility in the dynamics of assets' covariances with risk factors and market prices of risk (MPR). The method can be seen as a nonparametric version of the two-pass approach commonly employed in...

In this paper we examine how business cycles in the home country affect outward flows of FDI (OFDI). We employ a panel data set of OFDI flows for a representative sample of countries from 1970 to 2011. The findings of the regression models that we have used are consistent with the hypothesis...

In this paper, we approach empirically the influence of trade union (TU) bargaining power on delocalization strategies by analyzing the determinants of processing trade data as a proxy for delocalization and using an index that measures TU bargaining power as the main explanatory variable. Trade...

En Colombia, la función de interventoría resulta ser indispensable dentro de la contratación estatal debido a la necesidad de garantizar la calidad, cantidad costos y cronograma de los productos contratados. No obstante, la escaza formación en este aspecto, ha generado que la Interventoría...

En este artículo presentamos una variante del modelo tradicional del modelo Mundell-Flemming. La misma introduce en dicho análisis el papel que juegan el déficit fiscal y el nivel de reservas en la determinación del riesgo país. Esta pequeña modificación en dicho paradigma tradicional...

This paper presents a theoretical framework to study the social cost of random mechanisms for allocation of resources instead of market or price oriented systems. The social cast of not allowing unrestricted sales of the telephone lines owned by ENTEL, wa