Exchange Market Pressure, Monetary Policy, and Economic Growth: Argentina in 1993 - 2004

The pressure in the exchange market against a particular currency has been frequently measured as the sum of the loss of international reserves plus the loss of nominal value of that currency. This paper follows the tradition of investigating the interactions between such measure of exchange market pressure (EMP) and monetary policy; but it also questions the usual omission of output growth in the empirical investigations of the interrelations between EMP, domestic credit, and interest rates. The focus of this work is Argentina between 1993 and 2004. As in previous studies, we found some evidence of a positive and double-direction relationship between EMP and domestic credit. But output growth also played a role in the determination of EMP, even more than domestic credit or interest rates. Also, there is some evidence that EMP affected growth negatively.exchange markets, international reserves, currency values, Argentine, exchange market pressure, monetary policy, output growth, domestic credit,

Mujeres políticas y medios de comunicación : representación en prensa escrita del gobierno catalán (2010)

Este estudio ha recibido una subvención del Institut Català de les Dones (ICD), dentro de su programa de becas para incentivar la investigación en materia de estudios de género y de las mujeres para el periodo 2010 - 2011Este artículo explora la representación en los medios del último gobierno catalán formado a partir de las elecciones de noviembre de 2010. Aplicando el análisis de contenido a una muestra de artículos extraída e cinco diarios españoles (El País, El Mundo, ABC, La Vanguardia, El Periódico de Catalunya), se analizan los primeros días de la formación del gobierno. Se compara la cobertura recibida por los miembros del govern utilizando seis variables: 1) visibilidad, 2) menciones a la apariencia, vida privada y referencias a la experiencia profesional, 3) menciones al género y asociación con una figura masculina, 4) nombre, 5) declaraciones, 6) características de la personalidad, y 7) tono de la cobertura. El análisis refleja cómo las mujeres políticas aún reciben una cobertura diferenciada de la de sus colegas varones.This article explores the media representation of the Catalan government elected in the elections held by November 2010. Using content analysis on a sample of stories from five Spanish newspapers (El País, El Mundo, ABC, La Vanguardia, El Periódico de Catalunya), the first days of the government formation will be analyzed. The article compares the coverage of the male and female members of the government using six indicators: 1) visibility, 2) mentions to the appearance, personal life and references to professional background, 3) mentions to the politician gender and link to a male mentor, 4) name, 5) quotations, 6) personal traits, and 7) tone of the coverage. The study shows how women politician are still disadvantage

Framing Hillary Clinton en la prensa española : ¿candidata o mujer?

Este artículo realiza una primera aproximación al tratamiento que la prensa española da a las mujeres que optan a cargos políticos de primer nivel. A partir de la teoría del encuadre (framing), se presenta un marco metodológico que ayuda a identificar los recursos empleados por los periodistas (frame package) para representar la candidatura de Hillary Clinton en las elecciones primarias del Partido Demócrata estadounidense. Se lleva a cabo un análisis de contenido de la cobertura de las elecciones primarias en los principales periódicos españoles. En la línea de anteriores estudios, los resultados indican que el género jugó un papel importante en el tratamiento de Clinton en la prensa, sugiriendo que los medios de comunicación siguen utilizando encuadres que "desnormalizan" la participación de la mujer en el ámbito político.How the media represent women politicians?, are the media framing women politicians in a way that their gender is the most important trait besides their political competence? This article shows a first approach to how Spanish media represent a woman politician who runs to a first-level political office, the United States presidency. Based on the framing theory, I build a methodological framework that helps to rebuild the resources used by the journalists (the frame package) to represent a woman who runs to political power. The resources examined are visibility, mentions to the gender, tone of the coverage, personal coverage, political competence (issues), personal traits, name, and verbs used to represent the speech of the candidates. The research points out that Clinton's gender plays an important role in the media coverage of her candidacy. Those results confirm previous studies and suggest that media still use frames that 'desnormalize' the existence of women in the political arena

La FCC post-Clinton, una realidad incómoda : análisis de los informes realizados para la revisión bianual de 2002

Como parte de la Telecommunications Act (TA) de 1996, el Congreso de EEUU solicitó en 2001 a la Federal Communications Commission (FCC) que revisara sus normas sobre la propiedad de radios y televisiones para determinar "si alguna de ellas era necesaria para el interés público, a consecuencia de la competencia". La FCC encargó para ello diferentes estudios sobre varios aspectos de la concentración de propiedad. El presente trabajo pretende contrastar la política desregularizadora llevada a cabo por la FCC a partir de la Telecommunications Act de 1996 con las conclusiones a las que llegaron los estudios independientes encargados por la propia FCC.In 2001 USA Congress requested the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review the rules about radio and television ownership to determine whether any such rules are necessary in the public interest as a result of competition. The FCC asked for different studies on several aspects about ownership. This paper intends to contrast the deregulation policy carried out by the FCC from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with the evidences presented in these independent studies

La 'nationalisation' de la langue luxembourgeoise

La langue luxembourgeoise est aujourd’hui mise en avant de façon systématique pour revendiquer et attester d’une spécificité nationale. Or, cette vision qui semble aller de soi n’est pas le fruit d’une évolution naturelle, mais elle résulte de l’interaction entre un contexte sociohistorique spécifique et la mobilisation d’acteurs, menant à l’adoption de la loi sur le régime des langues de 19841

Inflammatory potential of the diet and risk of endometrial cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) study

Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women and the fifth most common cancer overall in the European Union (EU). The role of chronic inflammation on endometrial cancer risk remains unclear beyond as an underlying mechanism of obesity and physical activity. Although it is known that chronic inflammation plays an important role in carcinogenesis, diet may be crucial in regulating this chronic inflammation. The objective of this project is to assess the associaiton between the inflammatory potential of the diet and the risk of endometrial cancer (overall, according to menopausal status and BMI categories) and the endometrial cancer survival