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The Internet is a global phenomenon that has been built into the new paradigm of information and communications. As such, the Internet affects the dissemination of information in all scientific fields, and the economy does not escape this. In this regard, this work aims at transforming itself into a useful tool for the use of new information technologies in the field of the economy, with a specific focus on public finances. Reduced version of the original article. Department of Economics ; La Internet es un fenómeno global que se ha constituido en el nuevo paradigma de la información y las comunicaciones. Como tal, la Internet afecta la divulgación de la información en todos los ámbitos científicos, no escapando a este hecho la economía. En este sentido, el presente trabajo pretende transformarse en una herramienta útil para el empleo de las nuevas tecnologías de la información en el ámbito de la economía, centrándose específicamente en el campo de las finanzas públicas. Versión reducida del artículo original. Departamento de Economía

Este trabajo presenta los resultados de una encuesta realizada por el Departamento de Economía de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en la que participaron voluntariamente 4676 alumnos regulares de la Facultad. Se estiman los determinantes del rendimiento estudiantil definido como cantidad de materias aprobadas por año, nota promedio y una combinación de esas dos medidas. El rendimiento depende de la carrera que cursan (mayor para economía), el sexo (mayor para las mujeres), la edad (mayor para los más jóvenes), la educación de los padres, el tipo de escuela secundaria y las regulaciones de la facultad sobre la condición de alumno regular. El rendimiento es menor para los estudiantes que trabajan y disminuye con el número de horas trabajadas.

Latin America is a volatile, crisis-prone region, with limited and inadequate social insurance. Therefore, the long-term as well as the recent poor suffer significantly during crises. Furthermore, social spending is procyclical in the region, but less so than total spending, indicating that the effectiveness of compensatory social policies designed to protect those vulnerable to crises is constrained by adjustments during recessions. The causes of procyclical fiscal policy lie in the political constraints on saving during expansions, combined with limited creditworthiness during recessions, and enhanced by economic volatility and a low share of automatic stabilizers in the budget. We evaluate policy options to reduce procyclicality of fiscal policy, such as stabilization funds, fiscal rules and reform of budget institutions, and argue in favor of integrated policy proposals based on more country-specific analysis, such as the Fiscal Responsibility Law in Brazil.

The fiscal evolution of the Argentinian provinces in the period 1983-2006 is studied and the impact of national policies on the financial result is estimated. Without these national policies, the provincial financial result would have been supervising, versus the negative result shown in the accounts. More than the totality of the aggregate stock of provincial debt at 31-12-2006 is due to the failure to offset the vertical interjurisdictional externality of the Nation to the provinces. The econometric estimate shows that, for each externality weight, 77 cents are transferred to the provincial debt stock. The figures presented show that in the relationship between the national government and the provinces one of the basic principles that must be complied with in order for fiscal federalism to function, namely 'institutional loyalty', has been absent. In simple terms, this principle provides that no level of government takes decisions that affect another level, without compensation. In more technical terms, the principle provides that 'vertical interjurisdictional fiscal externalities' (from the National to the provinces, in our case) are paid. A preliminary summary of this work was presented at the 10th Seminar of Fiscal Federalism (Buenos Aires, 2007). Department of Economics ; In this paper the fiscal situation of argentinian provinces in the period 1983-2006 is studied and the impact of national policies is estimated. Without these policies the provinces would have had surplus versus the deficit that accounting shows. The provincial debt on December 31st 2006 was lower than the fiscal externality generated by national policies. The estimations presented here show that in the fiscal relationship between the nation and the provinces the principle of "institutional loyalty" is not present. ; The fiscal evolution of the Argentinian provinces in the period 1983-2006 is studied and the impact of national policies on the financial result is estimated. Without these national policies, the provincial financial result ...

The aim of this note is to present a simple model for allocating a certain amount of study hours to two objectives: approve subjects and obtain an average. Looking at this point is important when selecting the performance measure for university students. Based on data from cohort 2000 of the Faculty of Economics of the National University of La Plata, it is concluded that the number of subjects approved per year is a more appropriate performance indicator than the average score. Faculty of Economics ; El objetivo de esta nota es presentar un modelo simple de asignación de una cierta cantidad de horas de estudio a dos objetivos: aprobar materias y obtener promedio. Indagar este punto es importante al momento de seleccionar la medida de rendimiento de los estudiantes universitarios. En base a datos de la cohorte 2000 de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata se concluye que el número de materias aprobadas por año es un indicador de rendimiento más adecuado que la nota promedio. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

Latin America is a volatile, crisis-prone region, with limited and inadequate social insurance. Therefore, the long-term as well as the recent poor suffer significantly during crises. Furthermore, social spending is procyclical in the region, but less so than total spending, indicating that the effectiveness of compensatory social policies designed to protect those vulnerable to crises is constrained by adjustments during recessions. The causes of procyclical fiscal policy lie in the political constraints on saving during expansions, combined with limited creditworthiness during recessions, and enhanced by economic volatility and a low share of automatic stabilizers in the budget. We evaluate policy options to reduce procyclicality of fiscal policy, such as stabilization funds, fiscal rules and reform of budget institutions, and argue in favor of integrated policy proposals based on more country-specific analysis, such as the Fiscal Responsibility Law in Brazil. ; Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

Latin America is a volatile, crisis-prone region, with limited and inadequate social insurance. Therefore, the long-term as well as the recent poor suffer significantly during crises. Furthermore, social spending is procyclical in the region, but less so than total spending, indicating that the effectiveness of compensatory social policies designed to protect those vulnerable to crises is constrained by adjustments during recessions. The causes of procyclical fiscal policy lie in the political constraints on saving during expansions, combined with limited creditworthiness during recessions, and enhanced by economic volatility and a low share of automatic stabilizers in the budget. We evaluate policy options to reduce procyclicality of fiscal policy, such as stabilization funds, fiscal rules and reform of budget institutions, and argue in favor of integrated policy proposals based on more country-specific analysis, such as the Fiscal Responsibility Law in Brazil. ; Facultad de Ciencias Económicas