January 2011 Blog Posts (7)

economic_imperialism.pdf

"Economics is not only a social science, it is a genuine science. Like the physical sciences, economics uses a methodology that produces refutable implications and tests these implications using solid statistical techniques.(...)These ingredients have allowed economics to invade intellectual territory that was previously deemed to be outside the…

BrunoFrey_01.pdf   

"El arte y la cultura están, en principio, sujetos a la escasez, es decir, no son bienes libres; proporcionan «utilidad» a los individuos que las demandan, y necesitan recursos para su creación. Tan pronto como es posible observar expresiones de preferencias en los individuos, –el deseo de pagar por una entrada de teatro, el pintar un cuadro para su venta o…

In the present paper we will study the factors that influence of the demand of formation in higher education in the Universidad Cristobal Colón in Veracruz, México. We will use a logit binomial model that allows us to identify the implied variables in such decision rendering special attention to which human capital theory indicates as the fundamental issues in educative investment.

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experiencias_peatonalizacion_centroshistoricos.pdf

This paper presents the results from the two visits to the selected historical centers:…

ECONOMICS_OF_SAINTHOOD_BARRO.pdf

"Our goal is to apply economic reasoning to understand the Church’s choices on numbers and characteristics of saints, gauged by location and socioeconomic attributes of the persons designated as blessed. (...) In the present study, we analyze determinants of rates of canonization and beatification and how these rates varied by pope, including an…

El objetivo de este artículo de divulgación es realizar un análisis descriptivo sobre el desarrollo humano en los municipios de Veracruz utilizando los Índices de Desarrollo Humano (IDH) publicados por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD-México)

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PAPER_INDICADORES_CAPITALSOCIAL_REGIONES_MEXICO.pdf

This paper attempts to estimate the wealth of social capital in Mexico under the focus of Putnam's horizontal associations. Specifically it comes to building social capital indicators to rank…