In this paper we show the capacity of a new nonparametric test based on entropy and symbolic dynamics to deal with the detection of spatial causality. The good performance of the new test in to detect causal relationships is considered by numerical experiments, and through an empirical...

This paper aims to analyze the determinant factors of the commercial banks andsavings banks productivity dynamics for the 1986- 1992 period. Adjustment costs and the roleof expectations on banking firms decisions are included in the analysis, which concentrateson a period of important structural...

This paper documents the features of a 1997 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) with emphasis on tax accounts for Colombia. We present four different formats according to different definitions of the Good and Services Account: (i) product-product, (ii) activity-product, (iii) use and supply tables...

This research analyzes short-run payroll dynamics associated with the maquiladora export sector of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parameter estimation is carried out using linear transfer function ARIMA analysis. In contrast to other metropolitan economies for which similar econometric analyses...

There is a regional input-output table for Córdoba, an Argentinian province, estimated by survey techniques. In this paper, non-survey techniques are tested, through the FLQ and ALFQ location quotients, using different values of δ, a parameter that appear in these formulas. The aim of this...

The input output analysis is used by a lot of cities with the objective to study interregional trade problems. We focused our work on Argentina, and we present a model with two regions: Buenos Aires city and the rest of the country. Buenos Aires does not have an Input Output Tables or a regional...

Economic Impact Studies in ports are a very widespread tool that began to be developed in the decade of the 60s in the United States. Since then, these studies have been refined, eliminating some of their limitations and restrictions and converging towards a standard methodology that allows...

This research analyzes short-run gasoline consumption dynamics in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México. Parameter estimation is carried out using linear transfer function ARIMA analysis. This market is of interest because it is influenced by regional, national, and international economic...