Bolivia Public Finances, 1882-2007. Challenges and restricitons of State intervention in a small, multiethnic and revolutíonary economy 

    Peres Cajías, José Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)

    My dissertation aims at analyzing the impact of State intervention in Bolivia by looking at the long term evolution of Bolivian Public Finances, 1882-2007. My dissertation is compound by four different chapters. In the ...

    Causes and Consequences of the Housing Affordability Crisis 

    Martinez-Mazza, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2021-07-09)

    This Ph.D. dissertation contributes by shedding new light on three topics that significantly impact housing in urban areas, using fine-grained data. Chapter 2 studies how Airbnb affects a city's housing market. For ...

    Essays on industrial clusters: Smart Specialization Strategy and regional resilience 

    Zárate Mirón, Viviana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2022-07-07)

    Three papers integrate the thesis. Each one has its hypotheses and methodology related to the study of industrial cluster. Paper 1: The concept of clusters has been popularized over the last two decades, mainly through ...

    Essays on the Venezuelan economy 

    Santos, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2016-09-05)

    Fifteen years into the twentieth century, Venezuela displays the same income per capita than in 1955. Sixty years of stagnation, where the country managed to elude its portentous luck in the natural resource lottery. This ...

    Essays on Urban Economics 

    Ouasbaa Azzouani, Ghizlen (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)

    [eng] The dissertation examines how rising housing costs and booming tourism affect local economies. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second chapter studies developers' influence on housing ...

    Income inequality in historial perspective. Portugal (1890‐2006) 

    Guilera Rafecas, Jordi (Date of defense: 2014-01-13)

    This thesis aims to provide a complete picture on the long term evolution of economic inequality in Portugal. Indeed, Portugal is today one of the most unequal European countries and in this thesis we look at the historical ...

    Integración económica y localización de la actividad industrial en el Ecuador 

    Ortega-Vivanco, Mayra (Date of defense: 2017-09-20)

    La presente investigación determina como la integración económica impacta en la actividad económica en Ecuador en el período 1980 y 2010. Los objetivos planteados fueron i) analizar el cambio regional en la localización ...

    Nuevas perspectivas de la electrificación en países de industrialización tardía. La transición eléctrica en Chile entre 1925 y 1985 

    Garrido Lepe, Martín (Date of defense: 2021-10-21)

    El proceso de electrificación de principios del siglo XX permitió que las economías de industrialización tardía acortaran brechas con los países líderes de la Revolución Industrial. Sin embargo, no todas las economías ...