The Chilean wheat market and its price support mechanism : a spatial market integration analysis

This research investigates the spatial market integration of the Chilean wheat market in relation with its most representative international markets by using a vector error correction model (VECM) and how a price support policy, as a price band, affect it. The international market was characterized by two relevant wheat prices: PAN from Argentina and Hard Red Winter from the United States. The spatial market integration level, expressed in the error correction term (ECT), allowed concluding that there is a high integration degree among these markets with a variable influence of the price band mechanism mainly related with its estimation methodology. Moreover, this paper showed that Chile can be seen as price taker as long as the speed of its adjustment to international shocks, being these reactions faster than in the United States and Argentina. Finally, the results validated the "Law of the One Price", which assumes price equalization across all local markets in the long run.

Determinantes de la competitividad argentina entre 1980 y 2010

Mucho se ha hablado de las exportaciones de la República Argentina en los últimos años y es alrededor del concepto de competitividad en donde encontramos los elementos para tener una imagen general para encaminarnos a sacar conclusiones. El objetivo del presente trabajo es enumerar los factores que han contribuido o no a que Argentina sea un país más competitivo en diversos niveles (Mercosur, América Latina y el Caribe, el mundo). Los determinantes de la competitividad argentina que estudiaremos a continuación son: · Precios de los commodities que Argentina exporta · Producto Interno Bruto per cápita · Riesgo País comparado · Costo Laboral Unitario · Participación relativa del país · Tipo de Cambio Real Multilateral