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This note shows that according to Lipmann and McCall´s (1986) operational definition of liquidity, incomplete markets are a necessary condition for illiquidity.
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Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that this variation can be explained by differences in institutions which in turn have their roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in different economic activities in different regions of a country,...
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The series of crises, which have affected emerging markets in recent years, have reopened the debate on the most appropriate exchange regime for an emergent economy. In particular, all countries that experienced severe crises in the 1990s had some sort of fixed exchange rate regime, the majority...
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Chile has shown in Latin America that an open economy can detach itself from the vicissitudes of its neighbors. It also has shown that it delivers growth. However, other countries in Latin America have considered reinventing the ALALC strategy of the sixties, a strategy of opening to regional...
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Este documento se centra en analizar los mecanismos de transmisión de los desalineamientos monetarios y cambiarios sobre la inflación. Su objetivo es contribuir a este debate por medio de analizar los determinantes de corto plazo de la inflación, y a partir de estos, proveer ciertas...
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Este trabajo presenta una metodología para valorizar reducciones de tasas de mortalidad. El valor de la vida se mide a partir de un modelo en que las agentes eligen sus patrones de consumo y ocio óptimos enfrentando probabilidades exógenas de supervivencia. Las condiciones de primer orden,...
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En Chile, prácticamente todos los niños asisten a la escuela hasta la edad de 13 años. Sin embargo, de allí en adelante comienza un proceso de deserción que es el objeto de estudio de este trabajo. Se estudiará el grupo de edad de 14 a 17 años, que debiera asistir a la educación media....
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