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The article titled “Domestic Tourism in Uruguay:a matrix approach” was published written by Magdalena Dominguez was published in Pasos, journal of tourism and cultural heritage.

That document was based on the Final Report of a Research Initiation Grant provided by ANII and guided by Bibiana Lanzilotta.

Link: http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/14416/PASOS49.pdf

Abstract: In this paper domestic tourism in Uruguay is analyzed by introducing an Origin-Destination matrix approach, and an attraction coefficient is calculated. We show that Montevideo is an attractive destination but to itself (even if it emits more trips than it receives), and the Southeast region is the main destination. Another important outcome is the importance of intra-regional patterns, associated to trips to bordering departments. The findings provide destination managers with practical knowledge useful for reducing seasonality and attracting more domestic tourists throughout the year, as well as to provide more a better service offer, that attracts both usual visitors and new ones from competitive destinations.

Volume 9[1]: http://microsimulation.org/ijm/issues/volume-91-spring-2016/

ABSTRACT: In 2007, a major tax reform was put into place in Uruguay with the explicit goals of promoting both greater efficiency and equity in the tax system. Overall, the reform substantially increased direct income taxes by establishing higher and rising marginal rates; lowered indirect taxation; reduced the corporate tax; harmonized employer contributions to social security across sectors and eliminated some highly distortionary taxes. We assess the joint effects of these changes on macroeconomic and labor outcomes, poverty and inequality using a top-down static CGE microsimulation approach. Overall we estimate a 1% increase in GDP and a 2% increase in employment due to the reform. We find substantial general equilibrium effects of the full implementation of the reform that tend to reinforce the reduction of poverty indicators, exclusively due to the modifications of the direct personal income tax without considering behavioral responses. Regarding poverty, the general equilibrium effects are significantly greater than the direct effects. Overall, we estimate a one-point reduction of the Gini coefficient due to the reform.

The article “Large-scale Mining in a Small Developing Country: Macroeconomic Impacts of Revenue Allocation Policies” has been accepted for publication in Resources Policy, an international journal devoted to minerals policy and economics.

Marcelo Perera and Flavia Rovira (by Cinve) jointly with Cecilia Llambí and Carmen Estrades are the co-authors of this article.

Diego Aboal has published the paper “Service Innovation in Developing Economies: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean” in the Journal of Development Studies (joint with Luis Rubalcaba and Paula Garda). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2015.1093118