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Corporate governance in Latin American firms : contestability of control and firm value

Jara Bertín, Mauricio; López Iturriaga, Felix J.; San … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 22 (2019) 4, pp. 257-274

Using a sample of 595 firms listed in the capital markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru for the period of 2000–2015, we confirm prior literature by showing that when power distribution among several large shareholders (contestability) increases, firms’ financial...

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Ecuador country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary; Jaume, David; Viollaz, … - 2015

Ecuador experienced moderate economic growth during the 2000s. The economy suffered a mild recession during the …

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Mixed effects of remittances on child education

Bucheli, José R.; Bohara, Alok K.; Fontenla, Matías - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 10, pp. 1-18

We exploit the size of the 2010 Ecuadorian Census to estimate the effect of remittances on secondary school enrollment across four key dimensions: gender, household wealth, rural vs. urban, and family migration status. Using a bivariate probit model that accounts for both endogeneity and...

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Suturing the Open Veins of Ecuador: Debt, Default and Democracy

Mansell, Wade; Openshaw, Karen - In: The Law and Development Review 2 (2009) 1, pp. 151-191

international audit commission appointed by Ecuador's current president, Rafael Correa. This concluded that much of the debt was … altogether, engineered a successful buyback at a large discount. Having thus reduced Ecuador's external commercial debt burden by … commission.This article examines the robust approach adopted by the Correa administration to tackling Ecuador's public debts …

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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination

2009

Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....

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Population and labor dynamics in large informal markets: Implications for pension systems with evidence from Ecuador

Velín-Fárez, Margarita - In: Contemporary Economics 15 (2021) 2, pp. 164-186

This paper reviews Ecuador's population structure and labor market dynamics with a focus on the causes of inequality … proportion. Second, Ecuador is among the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest degree of informality in …

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The effects of tenure security on women's empowerment and food security: Evidence from a land regularization program in Ecuador

Schling, Maja; Pazos, Nicolas; Corral, Leonardo; … - 2023

This paper evaluates the impact of a rural land administration program in Ecuador on female empowerment and household …

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Effect of the complexity of the customs tax system on the tax effort

González Aguirre, Jazmín; del Villar, Alberto - In: Economies 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17

based on the maximum likelihood method for a data panel composed of six countries: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru …

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América Latina en la encrucijada del desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo: Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia y Perú al inicio del siglo XXI

Wanderley, Fernanda; Vera Cossio, Horacio; Benavides, … - 2020

Ecuador in the Latin American context in the first two decades of the 21st century. This research was developed within the …

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Deuda social : desafío de la equidad

Infante, Ricardo (contributor) - 1993 - 1. ed

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