Paintings and Numbers: An Econometric Investigation of Sales Rates, Prices and Returns in Latin American Art Auctions [PDF]
This paper uses a unique data set of Latin American paintings auctioned by Sotheby's between 1995 and 2002 to investigate several puzzles from the recent auctions literature. Our results suggest that: (1) the reputation of an artist and the provenance of
Campos, Nauro F., Leite Barbosa, Renata
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Feminist Criticism of Latin American Literature: Bibliographic Notes [PDF]
, 1980 Naomi Lindstrom
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Efficiency in Water and Sanitation Sector. A Survey on Empirical Literature [PDF]
In this paper, it was made an exhaustive survey of the literature related with cost and production frontiers in the water and sanitation sector. The survey shed light in order to determine the variables to choose in the model to be estimated in a further
Ferro, Gustavo, Romero, Carlos A.
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A cost-benefit approach to labor market reform [PDF]
Labor reforms in Latin America have been scarce compared with the pace of structural reforms aimed at liberalizing product and capital markets. Some analysts contend that without continued liberalization labor market performance will fail to improve ...
Carmen Pages
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How Did Latin America’s Infrastructure Fare in the era of Macroeconomic Crises? [PDF]
There is a long-standing literature that shows that fiscal adjustment is often implemented through cuts in public investment, including infrastructure (Roubini and Sachs, 1989; Hicks, 1991; De Haan et al. 1996). In this respect, the present paper aims to
César Calderón +2 more
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Non-suicidal self-injury in Latin America [PDF]
, 2014 Background Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is defined as the intentional direct injury of the own bodily tissue without suicidal intent. In areas with a Caucasian majority population, such as the USA, Canada and Europe, it is a rapidly increasing ...
Silva Thyssen, Laura, Van Camp, Ingrid
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From Victims to Agents: A New Generation of Literature on Women in Latin America [PDF]
, 2001 Susan Tiano
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Economic Growth and Government Debt: Evidence from the Young Democracies of Latin America [PDF]
We investigate in this paper what are the main determinants of government and external debt in Latin America. Our sample includes nine Latin American countries that re-democratised in the last 30 years or so, and the data cover the period between 1970 ...
Manoel Bittencourt
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The Epic of Latin American Literature [PDF]
Hispanic American Historical Review, 1943 Sturgis E. Leavitt +1 more
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Does a Monetary Union protect again shocks? An assessment of Latin American integration [PDF]
This paper analyses the monetary consequences of the Latin-American trade integration process. We consider a sample of five countries -Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay- spanning the period 1991-2007.
Alain Sand-Zantman, Jean-Pierre Allegret
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