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Broadband Funding Mechanisms
(CAF, 2014)
This paper reviews funding models to support the deployment of broadband technology. The success or failure of a broadband deployment project is primarily a function of two factors: the investment model that assesses the ...
What explains output recoveries in developing and emerging market economies after the global financial crisis?
(CAF, 2017-09-26)
This paper presents a systematic assessment of the macroeconomic factors associated with differences in GDP dynamics in emerging markets in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. We implement a Bayesian Model ...
Public financial support and innovation in Colombian manufacturing firms
(CAF, 2017-05-30)
We evaluate the impact of public financial support, both subsidies and credit, on different types of innovation in Colombian industry. We compare it with the effects of financing innovation with own resources and with ...
Capital Controls and Firm Performance: The Effects of the Chilean Encaje
(CAF, 2017-11-30)
This paper studies the effects of the capital controls imposed by Chile between 1991 and 1998,
i.e. the Chilean encaje, on firms' production, investment and exporting decisions. We use a
general equilibrium model with ...
Programas de Financiamiento Productivo a pymes, acceso al crédito y desempeño de las firmas: Evidencia de Argentina
(CAF, 2017-11-30)
En Argentina se han implementado, en los últimos años, un importante abanico de políticas de financiamiento público hacia las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas. Sin embargo, hasta el momento, no se han realizado trabajos ...
Measuring Imperfect Competition in Product and Labor Markets. An Empirical Analysis using Firm-level Production Data
(CAF, 2018-01)
In this paper, we develop a simple theoretical model that allows us to disentangle empirically the extent of imperfect competition in product and labor markets using plant-level production data. The model assumes ...
Savings Groups Reduce Vulberability but have Mixed Effect on Financial Inclusion
(CAF, 2021-01-08)
This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and ...
Distorsions, resource al location and productivity in Latin America
(CAF, 2012)
We develop a span-of-control model where managerial skills are endogenous and the outcome of investments over the life cycle of managers. We calibrate such model to U.S. data, and use it to evaluate the interplay between ...
Credit Constraints for Higher Education
(CAF, 2011)
This paper addresses the importance of credit constraints explaining the gap on
college enrollment between students coming from rich and poor families. Measuring the effect of credit constraints on college enrollment is ...
Brechas de género en las encuestas de capacidades financieras de CAF: Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú
(CAF, 2021-03-08)
La educación financiera permite que las personas, familias y mipymes estén más informadas y adquieran una mayor comprensión de los temas económicos y financieros; les proporciona facultades para discernir y tomar una ...