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Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Selva, Gracie Verde;Assad, Luís Tadeu;Suárez Bonet, María;Brakarz, Barbara

Nesse contexto é que se insere a proposta do Prêmio Rural Sustentável: como mais uma iniciativa para incentivar e valorizar as boas práticas aplicadas à agricultura sustentável e equitativa. O Prêmio…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Moita, Rodrigo;Monte, Daniel

This paper develops a dynamic model of competitive equilibrium in electricity markets with thermal, hydro and intermittent power sources. Thermal generators have positive and increasing costs and use…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sanin, Maria Eugenia

Due to the lack of systematic policy evaluations, identifying successful policies in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) region is a hunting task. Nevertheless, this type of analysis is…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Hanusch, Marek;Keefer, Philip;Vlaicu, Razvan

To understand why parties buy votes, a study analyzed electoral competition where parties can use both vote buying and policy promises. Parties can renege on the promises after the election. Greater…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Hanusch, Marek;Keefer, Philip;Vlaicu, Razvan

Para entender por qué los partidos compran votos, un estudio analizó la competencia electoral en contextos donde los partidos pueden utilizar tanto la compra de votos como las promesas políticas. Los…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Espinoza, Mauricio;Espinoza, Álvaro;Fort, Ricardo

Exploiting a unique empirical setting, 1,000 vendors in 90 traditional food markets in Lima, we document that historic social ties among market founders are associated, decades later, with stricter…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mogollón, Mónica;Ortega, Daniel;Scartascini, Carlos

Most tax agencies use letters as the method of communicating with taxpayers. Still, other technologies exist that could be more effective. This paper reports the results of a field experiment…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Derlagen, Christian;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Egas, Juan José;Pierre, Guillaume

El sector agropecuario es importante para la economía de Honduras, representa el 12.9% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB), el 35.6% del valor total de las exportaciones del país, y emplea al 35% de la…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Peña, Humberto;Solanes, Miguel;Jouravlev, Andrei

El papel del agua en la economía y su contribución al bienestar de los países depende de un conjunto de factores económicos, sociales y geográficos, en su mayoría externos a la gestión y el…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Vitón, Roberto

La agricultura de América Central y El Caribe enfrenta desafíos vinculados con diferenciales de productividad de la región y de cada país; la amenaza creciente del impacto del cambio climático en la…