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Incorporating demand-side aspects into regional policy: variations in the importance of private investment decision factors across regions
(SPRINGERNEW YORK, 2010)
Most regional programs focus on the supply side of regions, emphasizing the attraction conditions offered, such as infrastructure, labor skills, tax incentives, etc. This study analyzes one aspect of the demand side, that ...
Output contingent securities and efficient investment by firms
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2018)
We analyze competitive economies with risky investments. Unlike the classic Arrow-Debreu framing, firms and agents cannot contract upon the exogenous states underlying production risks. They can trade equities and any ...
Revisiting British Investment in Latin America: The River Plate Trust Group, 1879–1963
(Universitat de Barcelona, 2021-07)
The article analyses the performance and profitability of the firms controlled by the River Plate Trust Group in Argentina and Uruguay from 1879 to 1960 to challenges the notion that British investments in the Southern ...
DICE THROWN FROM THE BEGINNING?: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF DETERMINANTS OF FIRM LEVEL GROWTH EXPECTATIONS
(Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía, 2008)
Investment in ICT, Productivity, and Labor Demand: The Case of Argentina
(World Bank Group, 2018-01)
This paper explores the impact of the adoption of information and communications technology on firm performance and labor market outcomes using a firm survey from the manufacturing sector in Argentina. The findings are ...
The Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Chilean Firms
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2016)
This paper examines the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and
research and development (R&D) investment on innovation and productivity in Chilean
firms, in particular those in the services industry. ...
Debt composition and exchange rate balance sheet effects in Brazil: a firm level analysis
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2004-03-01)
In this paper we study the interaction between macroeconomic environment and firms’ balance sheet effects in Brazil during the 1990’s. We start by assessing the influence of macroeconomic conditions on firms’ debt composition ...