List of publications

“Nominal and real devaluation cycles around elections”, with Ernesto H. Stein and Piero Ghezzi, Economics & Politics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 297-330, November 2005 [working paper: D.T. UCEMA 174, August 2000].

“Signaling in political budget cycles. How far are you willing to go?”, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 229-252, May 2005 [D.T. UCEMA 193, July 2001].

“Elections and the timing of devaluations”, with Ernesto H. Stein, Journal of International Economics, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 119-145, May 2004 [D.T. UCEMA 140, January 1999].

“The effect of bank relationships on credit for firms in Argentina”, with Javier Bolzico, Pablo Druck, Alejandro Henke, Javier Rutman, and Walter Sosa Escudero, in Arturo Galindo and Fabio Schiantarelli, editors, Credit Constraints and Investments in Latin America, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., 2003 [D.T. UCEMA 216, May 2002, and IADB Research Network WP R-444, May 2002].

“Political uncertainty and economic underdevelopment”, Estudios de Economía, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 89-114, June 2001 [D.T. UCEMA 168, May 2000].

“Reelection or term limits? The short and the long view of economic policy”, Estudios de Economía, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 187-206, December 1999 [D.T. UCEMA 144, March 1999].

“La racionalidad en economía”, Ciencia Hoy, vol. 8, no. 48, pp. 32-36, October 1998 [D.T. UCEMA 139, November 1998].

“Y, si no hay más remedio ... Inflación, desconfianza y la desintegración del sistema financiero en Argentina”, Desarrollo Económico, vol. 38, special issue, pp. 199-214, Fall 1998 [D.T. CEMA 128, April 1998].

“Political stabilization cycles in high inflation economies”, with Ernesto Stein, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 56, pp. 159-180, June 1998  [D.T. CEMA 123, October 1997, and CIDER W.P., U.C. Berkeley, August 1994].

“Economías de escala y utilización de la capacidad instalada: evidencia empírica de los bancos minoristas en Argentina”, with Laura D'Amato, Monetaria, vol. 18, no. 2, pp.149-170, April 1995;  “Economies of scale and utilization of installed capacity: empirical evidence from retail banks in Argentina”, Money Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 97-117, June 1995 [D.T. CEMA 108, November 1995].

“Una función de costos para la industria bancaria” , with Laura D'Amato, Beatriz López and Fabiana Penas, Económica, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 1-33, December 1994.

On the political economy of inflation, Ph.D. dissertation, U.C. Berkeley, May 1993.

“Influencia de la estabilización de precios sobre la recaudación tributaria” , with Jorge Domper, Ensayos económicos, no. 38, pp. 45-84, October 1987. Reprinted in Omar O. Chisari, ed., Aspectos fiscales de la inflación, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Buenos Aires, 1989.

Working papers

“Job market signals and signs” [D.T.UCEMA 326, August 2006].

“Discretional political budget cycles and separation of powers”, with Daniel Lema and Gustavo Torrens [D.T. UCEMA 286, February 2005]

“Separation of powers and political budget cycles” /figures, with Alejandro D. Saporiti [D.T. UCEMA 251, November 2003].

“Economic development as a matter of political geography”, with Pablo Druck [D.T. UCEMA 182, January 2001].

“Currency substitution, capital flight, and real exchange rates”  [D.T. CEMA 113, July 1996].

“The politics of wage decisions. Union cooperation or harassment” [D.T. CEMA 103, May 1995].

“Convertibilidad y sistema financiero” , with Beatriz López [manuscript, BCRA, September 1993].

“Déficit del sector público. Metodologías alternativas de medición”, with Norma Riavitz and Liliana Schumacher [Serie de Finanzas Públicas, BCRA, November 1989].