Research
Publications:
“Labor
Markets in Turbulent Times: Some Evidence from Mexico” (with Erwan
Quintin) Southwest
Economy, Issue 5, September/October 2008
“The Informal Sector in
Developing Countries: Output, Assets and Employment” (with Erwan
Quintin), in J. Davis (ed). Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective,
2008,
“Are Labor
Markets Segmented in Argentina? A Semi Parametric Approach” (with Erwan
Quintin) European
Economic Review, 2006, 7, pp. 1817-1841.
“Financial
Market Discipline in Early 20th Century Mexico” (with Astrid Luce and
Elisabeth Huybens) Journal of Economic History, 2005,
3, pp. 757-778.
“Firm Dynamics,
Investment & Debt Portfolios: Balance Sheet Effects of the Mexican Crisis
of 1994”
(with Carlos Urrutia) Journal of Development Economics, 2004,
2, pp. 535-563. (also published as NBER Working Paper 10523)
“Debt Composition and
Balance Sheet Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility in Mexico: A Firm Level
Analysis,” (with I. Lobato
and A Somuano) Emerging Markets Review, 2003, 4,
pp. 450-471
“Do Adjustment Costs Explain Investment-Cash Flow Insensitivity?” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2003, 27, pp. 1993-2006
“Firm Investment
under Imperfect Capital Markets: A Structural Estimation” (with Silvio Rendon) Review of Economic Dynamics, 2003, 6, pp. 513-545.
Note: If you cannot access these papers,
please contact me for a copy.
Working Papers:
“Financial Frictions and Total Factor Productivity: Accounting for
the real effects of financial crises” (with Carlos Urrutia)
Work in Progress:
The Nutrition
Curve and the Intra Household Division of Calories (with Tridib Sharma)
Credit Constraints, International Trade, and
Emerging Economies (with George
Alessandria and Vivian Yue)
Currency Crises, Worker Reallocation and Total Factor Productivity (with Erwan
Quintin)