Publishing performances of spanish academics: 1970-2004

The aim of this note is to complement some of the results appearing in Dolado et al. (2003) article “Publishing Performance in Economics: Spanish Rankings” Particularly we want to focus on three issues: the robustness of the results regardless of the time span considered, the evaluation of a researcher to the advance of the knowledge, and to what extent the choice of a particular database to download the results can affect the results. Differences are significant when we expand the time period considered. There are also small but significant differences if we combine datasets to derive the rankings.

Publishing performance of spanish academics: 1970-2004: institutions, researchers et al.

This work complements some of the results appearing in the article ?Publishing Performance in Economics: Spanish Rankings? by Dolado et al. . Specifically we focus on the robustness of the results regardless of the time span considered, the effect of the choice of a particular database on the final results, and the effects on changes in the unit of institutional measure (departments versus institutions as a whole). Differences are significant when we expand the time period considered. There are also significant but small differences if we combine datasets to derive the rankings. Finally, department rankings offer a more precise picture of the situation of the Spanish academics, although results do not differ substantially from those obtained when overall institutions are considered.

Evolução setorial e trajetórias tecnológicas em nível de empresas na indústria de celulose e papel no Brasil (1970 - 2004): contexto da política de substituição de importações à competição globalizada

Accordingly, a variety of firms's technological capabilities studies, the literature recently is still lacking about the dynamic of sector evolution and technological development in inter-firm and their implication for technical and economical financial performance. More lacking is the research catching up the evolution of industrial sectors after the institutional reforms in the 90. For that, the focus of the dissertation is to analyze the main of the evolution of the pulp and paper industry from 1970 to 2004, using as reference points the import-substitution policy and the economic deregulation of the 1990s. Futhermore, the work tries to evaluate how such changes at industry level have been perceived from a firm point of view in terms of accumulation of technological capabilities and improvement of economic financial performance. This linkage is tested and examined in the following firms: Aracruz (Barra do Riacho establishment ), Klabin (Monte Alegre establishment) e Votorantim Celulose e Papel ¿ VCP (Jacareí establishment), defining the same time period of sectoral level. As far as the industry level study is concerned, it is based on the average rate of annual growth of some selected variables, given that the technological capabilities test is performed according to the methodology already existing in the literature, but properly adapted to the pulp and paper case. Similarly, the analysis regarding the improvement of the economic financial performance is based on a set of industry specific indicators. Hence, the work is built upon multiple case studies, taking into account both the qualitative and quantitative evidence, i.e. interviews, direct observations, as well as firm reports. Finally, it is worth emphasizing as the analysis of the changes in the sector, in conjunction with the above mentioned methodology used to measure the technological capabilities in the context of an evolving industrial regime, is still lacking in emerging economies as well as in Brazil. According to the empirical evidence, the reforms of the 1990s had a positive impact on the industrial development, from both the national and international viewpoint. Such a transformation was evident at firm level in terms of accumulation of technological capabilities and improvement of economic financial indicators. Indeed, the results show that the speed of accumulation of technological capabilities within the firms influences positively the performance indicators. On the other hand, these are also related to external factors, such as the macroeconomic conditions, which as such have not been considered in details.

Um olhar sobre a obra de Acácio Gil Borsoi obras e projetos residenciais 1953-1970

This essay studies the contribution of architect Acácio Gil Borsoi (1924-), who played an important role in the consolidation of Modern Architecture in the Northeast of Brazil. The universe analyzed is constituted of 48 residential projects, houses and apartment buildings, both built and unbuilt, dating from 1953 to 1970. Considering an analogy between architecture and language, the selected projects were analyzed focusing in the process of creation

Um olhar sobre a obra de Acácio Gil Borsoi obras e projetos residenciais 1953-1970

This essay studies the contribution of architect Acácio Gil Borsoi (1924-), who played an important role in the consolidation of Modern Architecture in the Northeast of Brazil. The universe analyzed is constituted of 48 residential projects, houses and apartment buildings, both built and unbuilt, dating from 1953 to 1970. Considering an analogy between architecture and language, the selected projects were analyzed focusing in the process of creation

Um olhar sobre a obra de Acácio Gil Borsoi obras e projetos residenciais 1953-1970

This essay studies the contribution of architect Acácio Gil Borsoi (1924-), who played an important role in the consolidation of Modern Architecture in the Northeast of Brazil. The universe analyzed is constituted of 48 residential projects, houses and apartment buildings, both built and unbuilt, dating from 1953 to 1970. Considering an analogy between architecture and language, the selected projects were analyzed focusing in the process of creation

A historia da ginastica ritmica em Campinas

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Fatores comuns determinantes de crises cambiais e financeiras

Determinative common factors of currency and financial crisis. This paper identifies and evaluates determinative common factors of currency and financial crisis in relation to 86 crises episodes between 1970-2004, based on factor analysis, cluster and discriminant analysis. One evidenced that the rise of the ratios of domestic credit, fiscal deficit and residents bank deposits to the GDP is inherent to the different types of crises classified for economic literature. It was also identified as common factors to these episodes some indicators that capture the excessive monetary expansion of the economies and that reflect the fall in international reserves, represented by M2/Reserves and Imports/Reserves ratios and also the total volume of international reserves.

Análisis de los efectos de intervenciones públicas en la recuperación de centros urbanos : caso de estudio barrio las Cruces, Bogotá 2002-2014

En el presente estudio de caso se hace un análisis de los principales efectos socio-espaciales y económicos que tuvieron intervenciones públicas dirigidas a recuperar el centro de Bogotá, en el territorio específico del Barrio Las Cruces, durante los años 2002-2014. Para lograrlo, en un primer momento se hace un análisis conceptual de las relaciones existentes entre intervenciones urbanas y los efectos que estas producen en lo urbano y lo local; en un segundo se identifican los antecedentes que sirvieron para intervenir el barrio, y las intervenciones públicas que llevadas a cabo en éste durante el 2002 – 2014; y en un el tercero se analizan los efectos y las relaciones que tuvieron dichas intervenciones sobre las variables social, espacial y económica del barrio durante el periodo estudiado. Con el fin de verificar si la política de rehabilitación con la que se viene interviniendo dicha zona es coherente con las realidades locales.

¿Existe convergencia regional en capital humano para la Educación Superior?

Resumen tomado de la publicación

Ensaios sobre o papel da taxa de câmbio no desenvolvimento

Este trabalho é composto de três partes. O primeiro capítulo avalia a hipótese de substituição de poupanças. De acordo com Bresser-Pereira e Nakano (2003), existe nas economias emergentes uma alta taxa de substituição de poupança interna por externa gerada pelo processo de influxo dos recursos estrangeiros. Isso acontece porque, dada a propensão ao consumo dos países emergentes, a maior parte do déficit em conta corrente se transforma em consumo de importados; a parcela dos fluxos gasta em investimento é pequena, de forma que a estratégia de crescimento com poupança estrangeira não é uma opção. Diante desta hipótese, o capítulo avalia teórica e empiricamente a existência de substituição de poupança interna por externa nos países em desenvolvimento e o papel da sobreapreciação da taxa de câmbio real (TCR) nesse processo. Foi utilizado um painel dinâmico System-GMM para uma amostra de 48 países de renda média cobrindo o período de 1970-2004. Os resultados mostram um processo de substituição de poupança doméstica por externa significante, além de efeitos negativos sobre a poupança doméstica resultantes da interação entre sobreapreciação do câmbio e entrada de poupança estrangeira. O segundo capítulo analisa os efeitos de sobreapreciações da TCR sobre o valor adicionado por setores dos países emergentes, para o período 1970-2004. A sobreapreciação, ao minar a competitividade dos produtos manufaturados e industriais domesticamente, pode reduzir a capacidade dos países em desenvolvimento de estimular setores dinâmicos da estrutura produtiva que induzem crescimento e desenvolvimento sustentável no longo prazo. A motivação teórica é a visão Kaldoriana de desenvolvimento. Assim, o capítulo testa a relação entre a sobreapreciação da TCR sobre o valor adicionado dos setores produtivos de bens primários e manufatureiros como parcela do produto, no período de 1970 a 2004, para uma amostra de 45 países emergentes. Os resultados evidenciam que os episódios de sobreapreciação caracterizados pelo índice reduzem a participação de manufaturados no valor agregado no produto das economias em desenvolvimento, de forma significante. A razão provável deste resultado é que um câmbio sobreapreciado não só torna os bens industriais domésticos menos competitivos, como também favorece a importação doméstica destes que, em virtude disto, deixam de ser produzidos ou aperfeiçoados dentro do país. Por fim, o terceiro capítulo avalia os efeitos da dívida externa sobre crescimento de um ponto de vista diferente dos diagnósticos da literatura “debt overhang”: argumenta que é a estratégia de crescimento com poupança externa a causa do crescente endividamento que, no longo prazo, é responsável por prejudicar a performance de crescimento dos países emergentes por gerar crises no balanço de pagamentos. Para avaliar esta dinâmica empiricamente foi estimada uma equação de crescimento com painel dinâmico System-GMM de variáveis instrumentais; são utilizados dados para 45 países de renda média, no período 1970-2004. A conclusão geral dos exercícios empíricos atesta uma influência não linear da dívida externa sobre o crescimento dos países selecionados na amostra: no longo prazo, o contínuo endividamento reduz o desempenho de crescimento dos países. Pode-se apontar ainda que um dos mecanismos pelo qual a poupança externa pode levar a maior dívida externa é sua interação significante com o influxo de recursos externos necessários para a rolagem da dívida; o resultado sobre o desempenho de crescimento é negativo e significante. Por fim, o apêndice do trabalho detalha os procedimentos de estimação de painel cointegrado utilizados para derivar os índices de sobreapreciação da TCR.

Anomic Crime in Post-Welfarist Societies. Cult of the Individual, Integration Patterns and Delinquency

Post-Fordist economies come along with post-welfarist societies marked by intensified cultural individualism and increased structural inequalities. These conditions are commonly held to be conducive to relative deprivation and, thereby, anomic crime. At the same time, post-welfarist societies develop a new ‘balance of power’ between institutions providing for welfare regulation, such as the family, the state and the (labour) market – and also the penal system. These institutions are generally expected to improve social integration, ensure conformity and thus reduce anomic crime. Combining both perspectives, we analyse the effects of moral individualism, social inequality, and different integration strategies on crime rates in contemporary societies through the lenses of anomie theory. To test our hypotheses, we draw on time-series cross-section data compiled from different data sources (OECD, UN, WHO, WDI) for twenty developed countries in the period 1970-2004, and run multiple regressions that control for country-specific effects. Although we find some evidence that the mismatch between cultural ideal (individual inclusion) and structural reality (stratified exclusion) increases the anomic pressure, whereas conservative (i. e. family-based), social-democratic (i. e. state-based) and liberal (i. e. market-based) integration strategies to a certain extent prove effective in controlling the incidence of crime, the results are not very robust. Moreover, reservations have to be made regarding the effects of “market” income inequality as well as familialist, unionist and liberalist employment policies that are shown to have reversed effects in our sample: the former reducing, the latter occasionally increasing anomic crime. As expected, the mismatch between cultural ideal (individual inclusion) and structural reality (stratified exclusion) increases the anomic pressure, whereas conservative (i. e. family-based), social-democratic (i. e. state-based) and liberal (i. e. market-based) integration strategies generally prove effective in controlling the incidence of crime. Nevertheless, we conclude that the new cult of the individual undermines the effectiveness of conservative and social-democratic integration strategies and drives societies towards more “liberal” regimes that build on incentive as well as punitive elements.

Los conceptos de autonomía y democracia universitaria en la universidad pública colombiana, en el marco de la globalización y a través de la educación por competencias. 1992 - 2013

El interés de esta monografía es analizar la influencia de la globalización como proceso mundial y el neoliberalismo como política económica frente a la definición de políticas educativas. Tiene como objetivo analizar la manera en que se han modificado los conceptos de autonomía y democracia universitaria en la universidad pública colombiana, en el marco de la globalización y a través de la educación por competencias desde 1992 hasta el 2013. Con base en una aproximación conceptual de los términos de autonomía y democracia universitaria a través de elementos teóricos e históricos, se analizará como el actual sistema educativo colombiano y la educación por competencias ha modificado los conceptos de autonomía y democracia universitaria en la universidad pública colombiana.