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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...
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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...
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Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...
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Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943364
This is the latest version available of this document. This paper follows the GDM approach, with the aim of identifying the binding constraints to Ecuadorian growth, defined as those constraints whose removal would have the largest payoff in terms of growth. As per the strategy, different...
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This presentation corresponds to the study "Ecuador: Binding Constraints to Growth" in which the Growth Diagnostic Model (GDM) is followed with the aim of identifying the binding constraints to Ecuadorian growth, defined as those constraints whose removal would have the largest payoff in terms...
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Investment regulation constitutes one of the major difficulties in regulating monopolistic activities such as electricity distribution. Information asymmetries and uncertainties over technology and demand especially hamper the evaluation of the efficiency of network investments. In this context,...
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Similar to other European countries, mechanisms for the promotion of electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RESs) and combined heat and power (CHP) production have caused a significant growth in distributed generation (DG) in Spain. Low DG/RES penetration levels do not have a...
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The European Energy Policy promotes renewable energy sources and energy efficiency as means to mitigate environmental impact, increase security of supply and ensure economic competitiveness. As a result, the penetration levels of distributed generation (DG) in electricity networks are bound to...
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El Real Decreto 222/2008 estableció un nuevo modelo retributivo para la actividad de la distribución de la energía eléctrica en España. En esta normativa se contempla la utilización de un modelo de red para fijar algunos de los parámetros que intervienen en la fórmula retributiva de cada...
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