Roberto Alvarez

University of Chile - Department of Economics

Diagonal Paraguay 257

Torre 26, Of. 1801

Santiago

Chile

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Globalization, Survival, and Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Roberto Alvarez and Sebastian Vergara
University of Chile - Department of Economics and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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SMEs, trade liberalization, survival, firm growth

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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity in Chile

IDB Working Paper No. 64
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Roberto Alvarez, Claudio Bravo-Ortega and Lucas Navarro
University of Chile - Department of Economics, School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and Universidad Alberto Hurtado
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Is Exporting a Source of Productivity Spillovers?

CAEPR Working Paper No. 2006-012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Jun 2005
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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exporting, spillovers, productivity, vertical linkages, Chile

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Entry and Exit in International Markets: Evidence from Chilean Data

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Entry and Exit in International Markets: Evidence from Chilean Data

CAEPR Working Paper No. 2006-014
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Feb 2005
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Entry, Exit, International Markets, Chile

Entry and Exit in International Markets: Evidence from Chilean Data

Review of International Economics, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 692-708, September 2008
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Aug 2008
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Trade Liberalization and Industry Dynamics: A Difference in Difference Approach

CAEPR Working Paper No. 2008-009
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Trade Liberalization, Industry Dynamics, Treatment Effects

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Does Economic Crisis Spur Organizational Change? Evidence from Chilean Manufacturing Plants

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Oct 2006
Roberto Alvarez, Jose Miguel Benavente and Gustavo Crespi
University of Chile - Department of Economics, University of Chile - Department of Economics and University of Chile - Department of Economics
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organizational change, innovation

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Multinationals as Stabilizers? Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth

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Multinationals as Stabilizers? Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2692
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2007
Roberto Alvarez and Holger Görg
University of Chile - Department of Economics and University of Kiel
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multinationals, employment growth, plant survival, economic crisis

Multinationals as Stabilizers?: Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2007/15
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Mar 2007
Roberto Alvarez and Holger Görg
University of Chile - Department of Economics and University of Kiel
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Multinationals, employment growth, plant survival, economic crisis

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The China Phenomenon: Price, Quality or Variety?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Feb 2007
Roberto Alvarez and Sebastián Claro
University of Chile - Department of Economics and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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Import Penetration, China, Price differences, Quality Gap, Varieties

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Do Institutional Blockholders Influence Corporate Investment? Evidence from Emerging Markets

Documento CEDE No. 2017-57
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Roberto Alvarez, Mauricio Jara-Bertin and Carlos Pombo
University of Chile - Department of Economics, University of Chile - Business School and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - School of Management
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Institutional Investors, Corporate Investment, Financial Constraints, Corporate Governance, Emerging Markets

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Do Institutional Investors Unbind Firm Financial Constraints? Evidence from Emerging Markets

Documento CEDE No. 2016-30
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Sep 2016
Roberto Alvarez, Mauricio Jara-Bertin and Carlos Pombo
University of Chile - Department of Economics, University of Chile - Business School and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - School of Management
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nstitutional Investors, Corporate Governance, Financial Constraints, Emerging Markets,

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Skill Upgrading and the Real Exchange Rate

CAEPR Working Paper No. 2008-020
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Jul 2008
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Who Dies in Developing Countries?: International Trade and Plant Heterogeneity

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Apr 2005
Roberto Alvarez and Sebastian Vergara
University of Chile - Department of Economics and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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exit, heterogeneity, trade liberalization

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Multinationals and Plant Exit: Evidence from Chile

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Jun 2005
Roberto Alvarez and Holger Görg
University of Chile - Department of Economics and University of Kiel
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exit, survival, multinationals, foreign direct investment, exporting

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Understanding Differences in Growth Performance in Latin America and Developing Countries between the Asian and Global Financial Crises

Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper No. 14-11
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
Roberto Alvarez and Jose de Gregorio
University of Chile - Department of Economics and Central Bank of Chile
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Latin America, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries, Global Financial Crisis, Macroeconomic Policies

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Export Transitions

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 May 2007
Roberto Alvarez
University of Chile - Department of Economics
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export performance, transition, institutions, trade policy

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Exporting and Performance: Evidence from Chilean Plants

Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 1384-1400, November 2005
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 30 Nov 2005
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Determinants of Export Diversification Around the World: 1962–2000

The World Economy, Vol. 35, Issue 3, pp. 295-315, 2012
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Mar 2012
Manuel R. Agosin, Roberto Alvarez and Claudio Bravo‐Ortega
University of Chile - Department of Economics, University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Foreign Technology Acquisition and Changes in the Real Exchange Rate

The World Economy, Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 613-628, 2015
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Apr 2015
Roberto Alvarez and Ricardo A. López
University of Chile - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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