Centro de Competitividad, Finanzas Corporativas y Políticas Públicas

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Este centro promueve el estudio de las finanzas, tanto corporativas como públicas, y analiza la competitividad y los efectos de las políticas públicas en el mercado y las expectativas, con especial incidencia en Perú y Latinoamérica. Tiene por objetivo coadyuvar al desarrollo de conocimientos, información y capacidades en beneficio de la sociedad, sobre temas relacionados con el quehacer del Estado, la inserción del Perú y Latinoamérica dentro del escenario global, los criterios de productividad, competitividad y efectividad organizacional en los proyectos de inversión (tanto públicos como privados), el impacto de las políticas públicas (fiscales y monetarias) en el mercado, los indicadores de buen gobierno (gobernabilidad y gobernanza), , las expectativas empresariales y del consumidor, y demás temas afines.

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    Transportation Costs and the Social Savings of Railroads in Latin America. The Case of Peru
    (CENTRUM Publishing, 2012) Zegarra Basurco, Luis Felipe
    This article estimates the social savings of the railroads in Peru in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The construction of railroads made it possible for Peruvians to substitute the traditional system of mules and llamas, although only for a few routes. Using primary and secondary sources, I estimate the social savings for 1890, 1904, 1914 and 1918. Social savings ranged between 0.4% and 1.4% of GDP in 1890, but then increased to a range between 3.7% and 9.5% of GDP in 1918. The social savings of railroads in Peru were comparable to those for the United States and Great Britain, but were much lower than those for Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
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    Free Banking and Bank Entry in Latin America
    (CENTRUM Publishing, 2012) Zegarra Basurco, Luis Felipe
    This article analyzes the impact of free-banking on the banking sector in Latin America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. I use data for seven countries to compare the entry of banks and the growth of bank output prior and after the enactment of free-banking laws to determine whether free-banking (by establishing general requirements for granting note-issuance rights) lowered barriers to entry. The results show that in most Latin American countries the adoption of free-banking laws did not cause in the short run an increase in bank entry and in bank output growth.