We explore the impact and evolution of loan portfolio diversification during the 2001-2002 Argentine financial crisis. Using a novel dataset that combines public information on the main activity of the largest 930 Argentine firms with their borrowing from each bank operating in the country...

In this paper it is jointly studied the occupation and the wage stability in Argentina during the years 1998-2002. Using matched panel data from the EPH survey, it is analyzed the way in which the characteristics of the worker impact on the wage volatility and on the probability of being fired...

In this paper, an intertemporal model is used to analyze the current account and test whether it accounts for the evolution of the Argentinean current account over the period extending from 1855 to 2002. The intertemporal model presented here takes into account several sources of external shocks...

The paper analyzes tax burden on rural sector and its implication on property right of land. First, tax burden on land property and rural activities, and its incidence on land values are analyzed; next, the author tries to advance an economic foundation theory for evaluating a legal quantitative...

In this paper the Argentine experience in the field of local governments is presented. In the first place, the paper studies the evolution and current situation of the vertical structure of the public sector, the relationships and tensions among the levels of government, and the description of...

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo el indagar acerca de las causas que originaron cambios en la distribución de los ingresos laborales en Argentina a lo largo de la década del ’90. Numerosos trabajos para otros países parecen confirmar la tesis de que las nuevas tecnologías (o simplemente,...

El mercado mayorista de leche en Argentina muestra una estructura apropiada para que las empresas tengan poder de mercado y se apropien de parte de la renta que correspondería a los productores rurales en un entorno competitivo. La presente investigación utiliza las modernas técnicas de la...