We explore the impact and evolution of loan portfolio diversification during the 2001-2002 Argentine financial crisis. Using a novel dataset that combines public information on the main activity of the largest 930 Argentine firms with their borrowing from each bank operating in the country...

Recent empirical and theoretical literature on the impact of real exchange rate devaluations on economic performance questions the traditional expansionary effect generated within standard Mundell-Fleming models. Contractionary devaluations may arise when firms face maturity or currency...

We explore the effectiveness of capital controls in Colombia. We analyze the impact of administrative restrictions to capital flows on aggregate capital flows, the composition of capital flows, the real exchange rate, and economic activity using restricted versions of vector error correction...

This paper presents a case study of a social marketing intervention, developed as an action research project, which applied marketing principles and practices to the public policy challenge of reducing the incidence of deliberate countryside fire-setting in certain communities. This represented...

El repunte de las operaciones comerciales con el exterior, acentuado por el extraordinario volumen de café para exportación, ha mostrado la insuficiencia del sistema de transporte terrestre del País: se aumentaron en forma inusual los fletes de transporte de carga desde y hacia los puertos....

Esta nota sectorial es un insumo para la preparación de la estrategia del Banco con Colombia (2012-2014). La nota se centra en realizar rápidamente una referencia a la evolución que ha tenido el acceso a los servicios financieros en Colombia, con el fin de ver los avances y realizar un...

Pit hardening period is the phenological stage when water stress is recommended in regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) in olive trees. In table olive trees, fruit growth is a very important process which could affect the final profit of the yield. RDI scheduling based on water status measurements...

Trunk diameter fluctuation parameters have been common indicators in water relations experiments. In most fruit trees, these parameters have been reported as very sensitive to drought conditions. However, the great variability of the measurements, amongst other factors, has limited their use in...