En este artículo se utiliza un modelo de valor actual neto para obtener en forma conjunta la disposición a pagar (DAP) y la tasa de descuento intertemporal por un programa de conservación ambiental de la biodiversidad cuyos períodos de pago se extienden en el tiempo. Se realizan encuestas de...

We analyze the Mexican market for pension retirement funds from a supply perspective. We focus on the effect different output definitions have on the cost structure of the firms in the market. We propose new definitions for the output produced by firms in this market. We use as outputs 1) the...

We aim to study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. The study is based on Trefler and Zhu’s (2005) definition of the factor content of trade. For the econometrical analysis, we use a...

Several studies report large and persistent differences in standards of living and poverty within a country. In this paper, we study whether the observed differences in poverty incidence in urban areas are due to differences in the attributes of the population that lives in these zones or comes...

We aim to study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. The study is based on Trefler and Zhu’s (2005) definition of the factor content of trade. For the econometrical analysis, we use a...

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has recently received considerable attention. However, examples of empirical approaches to marine EBM are scarce. Therefore, empirical information on the presence of EBM elements within existing policies and the way they may provide settings and lessons for EBM...