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Incumbency Advantage, Money, and Campaigns: A Note on Some Suggestive Evidence from Chile

I find a significant incumbency advantage in municipal elections only after the reform implemented in 2016.

Apr 1, 2021

kmr: A Command to Correct Survey Weights for Unit Nonresponse using Groups' Response Rates

How to estimate a micro compliance function using group's nonresponse rates in Stata.

Jan 1, 2021

Ex-Dividend Date Stock Behavior and the Clientele Effect: Evidence around a Tax Reduction

The divided tax reduction affected the price drop ratios, consistent with the clienele effect hypothesis.

Feb 1, 2017

The Effect of Growth Surprises in China on the Price of Copper

Copper prices react positively to growth surprises in China.

Dec 1, 2014

Do Commodity Prices Shocks Have an Impact on Latin American Stock Markets?

Stock prices in LAC react to commodity prices' shocks.

Dec 1, 2013

Commodity Prices and Sovereign Spreads in Emerging Economies. Does Export Concentration Matter?

Commodity prices can impact sovereign spreads.

Apr 1, 2013

Using a FAVAR Model for Forecasting Copper Prices

A FAVAR model can beat three simple benchmarks between 1 to 12 months ahead.

Dec 1, 2012

An Evaluation of Forecasting Models for Copper Prices: Can we go beyond an Autoregression?

For one-quarter ahead forecasting horizon, time series models are an appropriate choice, while for longer horizons the reduced-form models seem to be the most suitable.

Nov 1, 2011

Do Earthquakes Have an Impact on Inflation in Short Term? Evidence for a sample of countries

Earthquakes not always generate inflation in the short term.

Aug 1, 2010