Centro de Investigación en Finanzas (CIF): Recent submissions

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    • Equilibrium and Real Options in the Ethanol Industry: Modelling and Empirical Evidence 

      Merener, Nicolás; Davison, Matt (Journal of Commodity MarketsElsevier B.V., 2022)
      In the last twenty years a large number of competitive ethanol rms have estab- lished operations in the US. Ethanol, produced from corn, is blended with pure gasoline to produce fuel. Producers hold an option to turn o ...

    • Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Community 

      González-Rozada, Martín; Prieto-Lara, Elisa; Sandoval, Guillermo A. (2022)
      Objective. To assess whether the introduction of comprehensive smoke-free legislation affected tourism in four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Methods. We ...

    • Flexible exchange rates as shock absorbers 

      Edwards, Sebastián; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Negocios. Centro de Investigaciones en Finanzas (CIF), 2003-07)
      In this paper we analyze empirically the effect of terms of trade shocks on economic performance under alternative exchange rate regimes. We are particularly interested in investigating whether terms of trade disturbances ...

    • The cyclical nature of FDI flows 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Panizza, Ugo; Stein, Ernesto (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Negocios. Centro de Investigaciones en Finanzas (CIF), 2002-12-19)
      In this paper, we examine how the business and interest rate cycles in developed countries affects FDI to developing countries. After aggregating flows into three big source areas (the U.S., Europe and Japan), we find FDI ...

    • Endogenous deposit dollarization 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Broda, Cristian (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Negocios. Centro de Investigaciones en Finanzas (CIF), 2003-02)
      This paper explores sources of deposit dollarization unrelated to standard moral hazard arguments. We develop a model in which banks choose the optimal currency composition of their liabilities. We argue that the equal ...

    • On the endogeneity of exchange rate regimes 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Sturzenegger, Federico; Regio, Iliana (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Negocios. Centro de Investigaciones en Finanzas (CIF), 2002)
      The literature has identified at least five approaches to the determinants of the choice of exchange rate regimes: i) optimal currency area theory; ii) exchange rate policy and the absortion of real and nominal shocks; ...

    • Inference and estimation in small sample dynamic panel data models 

      Galiani, Sebastián; González-Rozada, Martín (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Negocios. Centro de Investigaciones en Finanzas (CIF), 2002-12-27)
      We study the finite sample properties of the most important methods of estimation of dynamic panel data models in a special class of small samples: a two-sided small sample (i.e., a sample in which the time dimension is ...