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Work in Progress
Footloose cities in Terra Incognita: Stability of Spanish urban system in the New World [Article pdf in English]
Refereed Articles
Auriol, E., S. Biancini and R. Paillacar. 2023. "intellectual property rights protection and trade: An empirical analysis," World Development, 162: 106072 (Abstract and access in WD)
Auriol, E., S. Biancini and R. Paillacar. 2019. "Universal intellectual property rights: Too much of a good thing?," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 65: 51-81 (Abstract and access in IJIO).
Hering, L. and R. Paillacar. 2016. "Does access to foreign markets shape internal migration? Evidence from Brazil", World Bank Economic Review, 30(1): 78-103 (Abstract and access in WBER site)
Fally, T., R. Paillacar and C. Terra. 2010. "Economic geography and wages in Brazil: Evidence from Microdata," Journal of Development Economics, 91(1): 155-168. (Abstract and access in Journal of Development EconomicsPANIST).
Vargas, G., R. Paillacar and W. Foster. 2002. "The Role of firm characteristics in labor management: Four cases from large-scale Chilean agriculture," Ciencia e Investigacion Agraria, 29(1):13-28. [Abstract in English, Article pdf In Spanish, Figures in pdf]
Vargas, G. and R. Paillacar. 2000. "Personnel recruitment and selection strategies of fruit companies in the Chilean central valley: Exploratory research," Ciencia e Investigacion Agraria, 27(3):169-179. [Abstract in English, Article pdf in Spanish]
Books
Vargas, G. and R. Paillacar. 2002. "Strategic management: Applications to agricultural and forestry firms". Coleccion de docencia. Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 121p. [Book in Spanish]
Chapters in Books
Fally, T., R. Paillacar and C. Terra. 2011. "Comércio e desigualdade salarial entre regiões brasileiras", In: D. Coelho and D. Gusso (ed.), "Impactos Tecnológicos sobre a demanda por trabalho no Brasil", pp. 173-201, IPEA.
Vargas, G. and R. Paillacar. 2003. "Human Resources Management in agricultural firms" In: Fundación Chile. "Fundamentos de gestion". 456p. [Book in Spanish]
Others
An empirical study of the world economic geography of manufacturing industries (1980-2003). [Article pdf in English]. First Version: March 2009. This version: July 2009.
Market positioning of varieties in world trade: Is Latin America losing out on Asia? (With N. Mulder and S. Zignago). CEPII Working paper 2009-09. [article pdf in English] Some results available in the CEPAL book "Structural change and productivity growth, 20 years later. Old problems, new opportunities" [English] [Spanish].
International market access and internal migration. (With L. Hering). [Article pdf in English]. This version: October 2009. First version: February 2009.
Fiscal reform for a stronger and cleaner Mexican economy (With N. Brandt), OECD Economics Department Working Paper, No. 904. 2011.[Article pdf in English]
"Agglomeration Economies in Developing Countries" (Ph. D. Thesis: December 2009)
Mayer, T., R. Paillacar and S. Zignago. 2008. CEPII Trade, Production and Bilateral Protection Database (Tradeprod): Explanatory notes. [Article pdf in English] [dataset]
Fontagné, L., and R. Paillacar. 2007. "China is shipping more products to the United States than Germany," Lettre du CEPII N° 270 [Article pdf in French] [English Version]
Pavani, F., J. Espinoza and R. Paillacar. 2003. Characterization of the social capital in three Mapuche communities. In: VIII Congress of the Agricultural Economics Association (Santiago, Chile). pp. 205-223. [Article pdf in Spanish]
Paillacar, R., G. Vargas and W. Foster. 2002. Evolution of the Human Resource Management strategies in agricultural firms. In: VII Congress of the Agricultural Economics Association (Chillan, Chile). INIA. pp. 233-242. [Article pdf in Spanish]
Vargas, G. and R. Paillacar. 2002. "Labor productivity in fruit production: Assessment tools," Agroeconómico. Fundación Chile, 67:8-12. [Working paper version pdf in Spanish]
Vargas, G. and R. Paillacar. 2002. "Labor productivity in fruit production: Recommendations for improved human resources management," Agroeconómico. Fundación Chile, 68:34-39. [Working paper pdf version in Spanish]
Vargas, G., R. Paillacar and W. Foster. 2001. Using qualitative research methodologies in human resource management in agribusiness. In: VI Congress of the Agricultural Economics Association (Santiago, Chile). pp. 91-101. [Article pdf in Spanish]
Vargas, G., O. Pedraza, R. Paillacar and J. Ortega. "Human Resources Management Practices and firm performance in fruit production". Working paper (Unpublished). [Article pdf in Spanish]