Banking Sector Performance in Some Latin American Countries: Market Power versus Efficiency [PDF]
The wave of consolidation and the rapid increase in market concentration that took place in most Latin American countries has generated concerns about the rise in banks' market power and its potential effects on consumers.
Claudia Girardone +2 more
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[Assets for health: knowledge from the community. A qualitative study]. [PDF]
Toffoletto MC +2 more
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The Factor-Spline-GARCH Model for High and Low Frequency Correlations [PDF]
We propose a new approach to model high and low frequency components of equity correlations. Our framework combines a factor asset pricing structure with other specifications capturing dynamic properties of volatilities and covariances between a single ...
Jose Gonzalo Rangel, Robert F. Engle
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[Sports, entertainment and health in Curitiba in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries]. [PDF]
Gomes LDC, Marchi Júnior W.
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Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930 [PDF]
In this paper, we contribute to the discussion of what determines country risk by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the capacity to pay.
Aldo Musacchio, André Martínez
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Sensitive listening of women-mothers caring for children with cancer about self-care. [PDF]
Formigosa DEC +7 more
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An Unbiased Estimator of the Variance of Simple Random Sampling Using Mixed Random-Systematic Sampling [PDF]
Systematic sampling is a commonly used technique due to its simplicity and ease of implementation. The drawback of this simplicity is that it is not possible to estimate the design variance without bias. There are several ways to circumvent this problem.
Alberto Padilla
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Meanings of hope constructed by users of mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Pereira SS +5 more
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Migration and health in the nationalistic era [PDF]
Fernández-Niño JA.
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