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    • Mechanisms behind substance abuse and rugby. Lessons from a field experiment with incarcerated offenders 

      Cid, Alejandro; Castleton, Alexander (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
      There are a broad range of rehabilitation programs but results differ significantly among them, from positive to no-effect programs –and even to negative-effect programs. Hence, in order to guide policy, ...

    • Anger and regulation 

      Dubra, Juan; Di Tella, Rafael (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
      We study a model where agents experience anger when they see a firm that hasdisplayed insufficient concern for their clients' welfare (altruism) makes high profits.Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines ...

    • Complementarity of inspections and permits as leverages for capping emissions: experimental evidence 

      Caffera, Marcelo; Chávez, Carlos (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
      Recent analysis on the cost-effectiveness of inducing perfect compliance in cap and trade programs is based on the possibility that a regulator has of inducing each individual firm to emit the same ...

    • Peer effects in risk aversion 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; González, Nicolás (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
      Using data onUruguayan adolescents, we estimate peer effects in risk attitudes. Relative risk aversion is elicited in an experimental setting. Identification is based on parents not being able to ...

    • Does the better -than- average effect show that people are overconfident?: two experiments 

      Benoit, Jean Pierre; Moore, Done; Dubra, Juan (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      We conduct two experiments of the claim that people are overconfident, using newtests of overplacement that are based on a formal Bayesian model. Our two experi-ments, on easy quizzes, find overplacement. More precisely, ...

    • Does the structure of the fine matter? 

      Caffera, Marcelo; Chávez, Carlos; Ardente, Analía (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      We study individual compliance behavior with respect to a legal norm in an experimental setting under two different regulatory instruments: emission standards and tradable pollution permits. ...

    • Relative deprivation and risky behaviors 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; French, Michael T.; Regan, Tracy L. (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      Relative deprivation has been associated with lower socialand job satisfaction as well as adverse health outcomes. Using Add Health data, we examine whethera student’srelative socioeconomic status (SES)has a direct effect ...

    • Supermarket entry and the survival of small stores 

      Borraz, Fernando; Dubra, Juan; Ferrés, Daniel; Zipitría, Leandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      We analyze the effect of supermarket entry on the exit of small stores in the food retailing sector in Montevideo between 1998 and 2007. We use detailed geographical information to identify the ...

    • Fairness and redistribution, a comment 

      Di Tella, Rafael; Dubra, Juan (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      We provide an example that shows that in the Alesina and Angeletos (2005) model one can obtain multiplicity even if luck plays no role inthe economy. Thus, it is not critical that the noise to signal ratio beincreasing in ...

    • Giving a second chance: an after-school program in a shanty town interacted with parent type 

      Cid, Alejandro; Rossi, Martín A. (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)

    • ¿Son los cuidados prenatales efectivos?. Un enfoque con datos individuales de panel 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)

    • Manuel Chavez Nogales y el nuevo periodismo 

      Pérez Álvarez, Álvaro (Universidad de Sevilla, 2013)
      Esta investigación pretende mostrar las técnicas y los usos periodísticos que han llevado a diferentes periodistas y escritores españoles a considerar a Manuel Chaves Nogales (Sevilla, 1897 – Londres, 1944) un antecedente ...

    • Manuel Chaves Nogales, periodista 

      Pérez Álvarez, Álvaro (2013)
      Este artículo muestra las ideas clave de Manuel Chaves Nogales (Sevilla, 1897 – Londres, 1944) sobre el periodismo. Para ello, se han recogido los textos que escribió hablando de la profesión. Chaves Nogales fue uno de los ...

    • Asignación de derechos de usufructo en mercados informales: evidencia desde las calles 

      Cabrera, José María; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      En el presente estudio, observamos los resultados deuna política de asignación masiva de derechos de usufructoa los cuidacoches, per-sonas que desempeñan –en la informalidad– tareas de vigilancia de ...

    • Uncertain penalties and compliance 

      Luengo, Carol; Caffera, Marcelo; Chávez, Carlos (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      Using a series of laboratory economic experiments, we study the effect of information regarding the amount of the fine on the individual decision to violate an emission standard. Specifically, the analysis ...

    • Campaña antitabaco en uruguay: impacto en la decisión de dejar de fumar durante el embarazo y en el peso al nacer 

      Harris, Jeffrey E.; Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      Background. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial decline in nationwide smoking rates. We sought to determine the quantitative contributions of each of the ...

    • Advancing academic opportunities for disadvantaged youth: third year impact evaluation of a privately-managed school in a poor neighbourhood in Montevideo 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      We study the three-year impact of a private tuition-free middle school on theacademic outcomes of poor students. Several features of the treatment school fit withinnovative paradigms that have delivered successful outcomes ...

    • Hope and commitment. Lessons from a randomize control trial in a shanty town 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      This paper documents the impact of an after-school program called Apoyo Escolar, sited in the most ulnerable neighborhood of a developing country. The outcomes of interest are academic achievement, behavior in the classroom ...

    • Attitude polarization: theory and evidence 

      Benoit, Jean Pierre; Dubra, Juan (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      Numerous experiments have demonstrated the possibility of attitude polarization.For instance, Lord, Ross & Leper (1979) found that death penalty advocates becamemore convinced of the deterrent e§ect of the death penalty ...

    • Brecha de género en la educación secundaria 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)