| 2014-2015
AT A GLANCE
The Department
of Economics at the Universidad de Montevideo plays a major role in education,
research and public service in Uruguay. It has been experiencing
a steady increase in the number of researchers since its beginning.
All full-time faculty holds a PhD degree in Economics,
with expertises in diverse fields such as Game Theory, Applied
Microeconomics, Health Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of
Education, Macroeconomics, and Financial Economics.
Top journals-
such as Econometrica and American Economic Review – publish research
articles of our professors. Our Alumni are well-represented at leading academic centers around the globe. Graduates of the Master Program in Economics at the UM Department of Economics have been accepted into PhD programs at renowned universities including Columbia, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Stanford and Yale. The Department offers outstanding opportunities and provides an excellent environment for vibrant studying and researching, with faculty and students engaged in multiple scholar endeavors. - Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals 2015 - Working papers 2015 - Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals 2014 - Working papers 2014 - Seminars by Visitings Professors 2015 - Seminars by Visitings Professors 2014 - Alumni Admitted to International Graduate Programs 2015 - Alumni Enrolled in International Graduate Programs 2015 - Alumni Enrolled in International Graduate Programs 2014 Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals 2015 The
Effectiveness of Prenatal Care on Uruguay’s Low Income Population: A
Panel Data Approach
Tobacco Control Campaign in Uruguay: Impact on Smoking Cessation during
Pregnancy and Birth Weight.
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of a Tuition-Free Private School
Targeting Low Income Students in Uruguay. Brecha
de género en la educación secundaria: singularidades de la mujer y el
varón en las estrategias educativas. Sovereign
Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia Does the Better-Than-Average Effect Show that People are Over-confident?: Two Experiments Juan Dubra, Jean-Pierre Benoît & Don Moore. Journal of European Economic Association, 13(2), April 2015, pp. 293-329. The Regulatory Choice of Non-compliance in the Lab: Effect on Quantities, Prices and Implications for the Design of a Cost-Effective Policy Marcelo Caffera, Carlos Chávez. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, forthcoming. Exposures to Particulate Matter from the Eruptions of the Puyehue Volcano and Birth Outcomes among Women in Montevideo, Uruguay Ana Balsa, Juanita Bloomfield & Marcelo Caffera, Environmental Health Perspectives, forthcoming. Working papers 2015 Regular Information and Health: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Undergraduate Students. Marianne Bernatzky, José María Cabrera & Alejandro Cid Optimal Taxation with Endogenous Default under Incomplete Markets Demian Pouzo & Ignacio Presno Capital Controls and Monetary Policy Autonomy in a Small Open Economy Scott Davis & Ignacio Presno Unemployment, Sovereign Debt, and Fiscal Policy in a Currency Union Ignacio Presno, Javier Bianchi & Pablo Ottonello Gender Peer Effects Around the World José María Cabrera Extra Resources for Poor Schools: Impact on Teachers and Students José María Cabrera Peer effects in the Development of Capabilities in Adolescence. Ana Balsa, Néstor Gandelman & Flavia Roldán. CAF Working Paper Series Corporate Debt Maturity and the Financing of Investments in Latin America: Evidence from the 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis. Daniel Ferrés Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals 2014. Giving a Second Chance: An After-School Programme in a Shanty Town Interacted with Parent Type: Lessons from a Randomized Trial. Alejandro Cid,Educational Research and Evaluation, 20(5), 348-365. Advancing Academic Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth: Third Year Impact Evaluation of a Privately-Managed School in a Poor Neighborhood in Montevideo. Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Páginas de Educación (Uruguay), 7(1): 15-35. Peer
Effects in Risk Aversion Supermarket
Entry and the Survival of Small Stores. Anger
and Regulation Relative
Deprivation and Risky Behaviors. Ana Balsa, Néstor Gandelman & Diego Lamé, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 23: 91-100. Gender
and High vs Low Frequency Tasks in the Classroom. Lessons from a Field
Experiment. Polarization, Theory and Evidence. Private Legitimacy and Public Capacity Capital
Controls as an Instrument of Monetary Policy José María Cabrera & Alejandro Cid Seminars by Visiting Professors 2015 "Medicaid Take-up Among Elderly Americans" María Xosé San Martín from Stony Brook University "Aseguramiento público, provisión privada: Impacto de la Reforma de la Salud en la salud perinatal" Ana Balsa from Universidad de Montevideo "Pricing
and Capacity Provision in Electricity Markets: An Experimental Study "Adopting
a Cleaner Technology: The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Fleet
Turnover" "Pension
Income Indexation: a Mean Variance Approach" "Do
Micro-Entrepreneurship Programs Increase Wage-Work? Evidence From Chile"
"Capital Unemployment, Financial Shocks, and Investment Slamps"
"Credit Risk Without Commitment" "Illiquidity
in Sovereign Debt Markets"
"Bank's Expected Equity-Asset Ratio Bounds under Foreing Exchange Risk:
A Tool for Stress Testing" “Pre-Market Trading and IPO Pricing” Jay Ritter from University of Florida "A Structural Model of Bank Default Linkages" Dietmar Leisen from Gutenberg School of Management and Economics "Whistleblowers
on the Board? The Role of Independent Directors in Cartel Prosecutions"
"Gender
Peer Effects Around the World" “Access to Post-secondary Education in Canada” "Challenges
in Educational Reform: An experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics"
"Real Exchange Rate, the Wage Gender Gap and Domestic Violence"
“Discretion
Rather than Simple Rules: the Case of Social Protection” Seminars by Visiting Professors 2014 “Addicted
to Debt: Foreign Purchases of U.S. Treasuries and the Term Premium” “Is there a PPP Interest Rate Premium?” “Sovereign
Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia" "Currency Crises and the ADR Shadow Exchange Rate" Anna Orlik from Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C “Análisis jerárquico de la dinámica económica de las comunidades españolas en el período 1995-2009" Juan Gabriel Brida from FCEA & Udelar Coauthors: David Matesanz and Nicolás Garrido “El desarrollo económico de América Latina desde la independencia” Luis Bértola from Universidad de la República “Tobacco Control Campaign in Uruguay: Impact on Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy and Birth Weight” Patricia Triunfo from Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Udelar Coauthors: Jeff Harris and Ana Balsa "Pollution and Perinatal Health in Montevideo" Ana Balsa from Universidad de Montevideo Coauthor: Marcelo Caffera “Desigualdades en salud en América Latina” Verónica Amarante from Iecon & Udelar "To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda" Dean Karlan from Yale University Coauthors: Greg Fischer, Margaret McConnell and Pia Raffler “Who are They and How Much are They Costing Us” Maria X. Sanmartin from Stony Brook University “Contracts with Sabotage” Nicolás Figueroa from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile “Spatial Hedonic Pricing Model for Farmlands in the South of Chile” Felipe Vasquez from Universidad de Desarrollo “Responses to Changes in Domestic Water Tariff Structures: a Latent Class Analysis on Household-level Data from Granada, Spain" Marián García Valiñas from Universidad de Oviedo “Imperfectly Enforced Emissions Standards, Under-reporting and General Deterrence: Empirical Evidence” Marcelo Caffera from Universidad de Montevideo “Extra Resources for Poor Schools: Impact on Teachers and Students" José María Cabrera Coauthor: Dinand Webbink “Child Labor and Learning” Andre Portela from FGV, Sao Paulo Alumni Admitted to International Graduate Programs 2015
PhD in Economics Masters
in Public Administration Alumni Enrolled in International Graduate Programs 2015 PhD in Economics Master of Business Administration
Deborah Zak, Toulouse School of Economics Alumni Enrolled in International Graduate Programs 2014 PhD in Economics Alejandro Lagomarsino, Harvard University Juanita Bloomfield, University of Amsterdam MBA Masters of Science in Finance Iñigo de Palacio, ESCP Europe Alexander Kossmann, London Business School Masters in Public Administration, international
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