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Anger and regulation
(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 ...
Impact evaluation of a privately managed tuition-free middle school in a poor neighborhood in Montevideo
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
Using a randomized trial, we evaluate the impact of afreeprivately-managed middle schoolin a poor neighborhood. The research comparesovertimeadolescents randomly selectedto enterLiceo-Jubilarand thosethat were notdrawn in ...
The problem of prevention
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)
Many disasters are foreshadowed by insu¢ cient preventive care. In this paper, we argue that there is a true problem of prevention , in that insu¢ cient care is often the result of rational calculations on the part of ...
On the viability of a multilateral trade agreement: a political-economy approach
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2010)
The big picture issue this paper intends to address is on the incentive aspects of a
multilateral trade liberalization. The paper builds on a framework originally introduced
in Grossman and Helpman’s The Politics of ...
Getting polluters to yell the truth
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2006)
We study the problem of a regulator who must control the emissions of a given pollutant from a series of industries when the firms’ abatement costs are unknown. We develop a mechanism in which the regulator asks firms to ...
The relationship between inflation and growth: a panel smooth transition regression approach for developed and developing countries
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)
This paper studies the existence for a set of countries of an inflation threshold above which its effect on economic growth is negative, considering the speed of transition from one inflation regime to the other. Using a ...
Violencia: caracterización de la población adolescente de instituciones educativas de la región Oeste de Montevideo en relación a la situación de violencia en la que viven
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2010)
Todos los días en las páginas de los periódicos nacionales y en las noticias televisivas, leemos y
escuchamos sobre actos de violencia que tienen como protagonistas a niños, niñas y
adolescentes ya sea como víctimas o ...
How far do shocks move across borders? examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)
This paper examines the level of interdependence and volatility transmission in global agricultural futures markets. We follow a multivariate GARCH approach to explore the dynamics and cross-dynamics of volatility across ...
Does the better -than- average effect show that people are overconfident?: two experiments
(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, ...
The effectiveness of prenatal care in a low income population: a panel data approach
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
This paper analyzes the impact of prenatal care on the likelihood of low birth weight and prematurity using panel data on births taking place between 1995 and 2008 in the largest maternity ward in Uruguay. The use of ...