Departament: Economia: Recent submissions
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The impact of automation on labour market outcomes in emerging countries
Wiley (2024-01)The labour market effects of automation have gained significant attention from scholars and policymakers. Concerns about negative effects are important in emerging countries, where a rapid acceleration of robot adoption ... -
Voluntary insurance vs. stabilization funds: An experimental analysis on bank runs
Elsevier (2024-03-19)Banking crises have recurrently emphasized the crucial need for establishing effective mechanisms to prevent bank runs, and different organizations are exploring a range of potential measures. With the aim of contributing ...
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Genetic distance, cultural differences, and the formation of regional trade agreements
Springer (2022)Genetic distance between countries’ populations has been shown to proxy cross-country differences in cultures and preferences. In an unbalanced panel of 133 countries from 1970 to 2012, we find that higher genetic distance ...
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The Rise of the Maquiladoras: A Mixed Blessing
Wiley (2013)Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processingmaquilasector during the 1990s.Since one of the main objectives of themaquiladoraprogram was to promote formal employment, we studyhow the rapid ...
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Do political connections matter for bank efficiency in times of crisis?
John Wiley and Sons Ltd (2024-01-23)Do political connections affect bank efficiency during crises? This study addresses this question by adopting a two-stage approach that performs a quantile regression analysis on a unique dataset of listed banks in a region ...
