Summary We explore the effects of government subsidies on presidential elections in Chile in 1989-99. We use a panel with three periods (the elections of 1989, 1993, and 1999) and 229 counties. We correct for the potential simultaneity problem deriving from the fact that an incumbent facing a...

This article investigates empirically the relationship between market structure and consumer prices in the supermarket industry in Chile. A panel of monthly data from 16 cities in the period January 1998--September 2006 is used. We find that, the more concentrated the industry in a city, the...

En este artículo exploramos los efectos del seguro de cesantía en Chile. Un modelo de equilibrio es calibrado para la economía chilena para el periodo 1960-2000. Suponemos una economía sujeta a shocks tecnológicos exógenos con una fracción de la población sujeta a restricciones de...

This article studies the effect of the emergence of large retailers (hypermarkets and department stores) on employment in the commerce sector in the regions of Chile. We use a panel with quarterly data from 11 Chilean regions for the period 1996 to 2004. Our results indicate that the entry of...