The paper decomposes prices and exchange rate in the supply and demand functions of exports and imports of goods, respectively, in order to assess the impact of a devaluation on Argentina's foreign trade. The results show that, due to Argentina's particular productive structure, the impact of a...

This paper delves into the asymmetries of the exchange rate pass-through on prices in the case of Venezuela, extending the analysis of Mendoza (2004) the prices of goods and services. The data used is monthly for the period 07/90 -12/04. We find that pass-through in services is less than...

In this paper we estimate a structural VAR model to identify the causes of inflation in Ecuador. To examine the VAR dynamics, we use the decomposition of the variance because it provides information about the relative importance of each shock to the variables in the VAR. We differ from previous...

This paper it proposes new economic indicators of investment in infrastructure and house

In this paper we estimate the long-term elasticity of public infrastructure of GDP for the period 1960-2010. It is important to note that while the term "equilibrium" in economics is quite broad, here we refer only to a stable statistical relationship between economic variables. In this paper we...

The exchange rate is influenced by multiple national and international macroeconomic factors, which generates high levels of uncertainty. The objective of this research is the construction of ARIMA-GARCH and ARIMAX-GARCH models as a tool for the forecast of the exchange rate in Colombia from the...

This article studies from the hierarchical linear models, the hypothesis of positive incidence that the variables of pedagogy and educational commitment generate on the academic performance. For this, the scores obtained by 62769 middle school students in the 2012 PISA tests in 12 countries are...

The boost of the accommodation type called vacation rentals (tourist apartments and dwellings) experienced worldwide in recent years thanks to the rise of the Internet and P2P networks arouses interest in the analysis of these new stay formulas. The aim of this research is the elaboration of an...

The valuation of options and to a large extent the financial derivatives market require an optimal estimation of the volatility, since this is precisely the variable that is negotiated. We present then a statistical methodology for the estimation of the volatility parameter for an asset using...

This article intends to expose a process for the valuation of shares of the companies of the banking sector through business financial multiples, based on various statistical techniques such as Monte Carlo simulations and Bayesian models of continuous valuation of the relative indicators over...