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Continuity and completeness under risk
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2010)
Suppose some non-degenerate preferences R, with strict part P, over risky outcomes satisfy Independence. Then, when they satisfy any two of the following axioms, they satisfy the third. Herstein-Milnor: for all lotteries ...
Asignación de derechos de usufructo en mercados informales: evidencia desde las calles
(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 ...
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 ...
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, ...