To promote and contribute to the discussion of fiscal federalism in Argentina, this paper presents a proposal to amend the distribution of the revenue from the Income Tax between the Nation and the provinces. The proposal is based on the need to help reinvigorate the discussion on the...

El objetivo de esta investigación consiste en ofrecer una primera aproximación acerca de la relación entre la disparidad económica regional y la inversión pública en infraestructura de transporte en México. En este sentido, el estudio comparte la perspectiva agregada que predomina en el...

In this work we analyze the time spent by Spanish and Aragonese self-employed in each of their daily activities. To be able to carry out this analysis we use the Time Use survey for the years 2002-2003 and 2009-2010, incorporated into the Multinational Time Use Study. The results are similar...

One of the delinquency's characteristics that has been underestimated in empirical studies is its temporal persistence, and therefore, its asymmetric response to changes in its explanatory variables. The importance of the hysteresis effect has been noted in several studies. It has been argued...

The credit channel mechanism of monetary policy describes how a central bank’s policy changes affect the credit strategies of private banks. This has a direct effect on the amount of credit that banks issue to firms and consumers, which in turn affects the aggregated demand, employment and...

A través de este paper realizamos un recorrido rápido e introductorio sobre los elementos más importantes de la Nueva Geografía Económica, destacando el concepto general sobre el que se sustenta la rama, un pequeño repaso histórico y la concepción de una competencia imperfecta sobre la...

This research proposes an empirical approach to assess the impact of ICT on the level of innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean, considering the existence of economic factors and institutional business environment that contribute to the development of innovation activities to this end an...

Quality of life measured by the transportation system of a region becomes a significant variable in the development of individuals, which as a whole reflect the development of a locality. The motivation of this research focuses on the importance of the transport system Metro Cable Line K and...

Desde finales de los años 80’s, Barcelona se convierte en una metrópolis internacional en la que se concentra el grueso de la competitividad exterior de la economía española. Hasta el momento, el esfuerzo para comprender las razones por las cuales la economía de Barcelona ha conseguido...