Papers by Gabriel Giacobone
Argentina atraviesa un proceso inflacionario de carácter estructural. Esto plantea dos fuertes de... more Argentina atraviesa un proceso inflacionario de carácter estructural. Esto plantea dos fuertes definiciones: por un lado, el reconocimiento de un proceso de suba generalizada de precios que tiene lugar en Argentina y, por el otro, el de su caracterización como un proceso inseparable del esquema de desarrollo.Centro de Investigación en Economía Política y Comunicación (CIEPYC
Existe un consenso en los analistas de la región con respecto al giro conceptual del MERCOSUR con... more Existe un consenso en los analistas de la región con respecto al giro conceptual del MERCOSUR con el cambio de siglo, puntualizándose en particular sobre un nuevo paradigma de desarrollo que fue configurándose en las sucesivas Cumbres, paradigma que puede ser definido como multidimensional, intercultural y con un fuerte énfasis en el componente social. Esta concepción ya se va vislumbrando a través del discurso emergente en el Consenso de Buenos Aires (2003).Instituto de Integración Latinoamerican
Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional qua... more Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional quality of diets of the population. However, in Argentina, where over 60% of adults and 40% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, little is known about the difference in cost and affordability of healthier diets compared to ordinary, less healthy ones. Methods We implemented an adaptation of the "optimal approach" proposed by the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). We modelled the current diet and two types of healthy diets, one equal in energy with the current diet and one 6.3% lower in energy. Cost estimations were performed by collecting food product prices and running a Monte Carlo simulation (10,000 iterations) to obtain a range of costs for each model diet. Affordability was measured as the percentage contribution of diet cost vs. average household income in average, poor and ...
Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional qua... more Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional quality of diets of the population. However, in Argentina, where over 60% of adults and 40% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, little is known about the difference in cost and affordability of healthier diets compared to ordinary, less healthy ones. Methods We implemented the "optimal approach" proposed by the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). We modelled the current diet and two types of healthy diets, one equal in energy with the current diet and one 6.3% lower in energy by linear programming. Cost estimations were performed by collecting food product prices and running a Monte Carlo simulation (10,000 iterations) to obtain a range of costs for each model diet. Affordability was measured as the percentage contribution of diet cost vs. average household income in average, poor...
Tobacco Control, 2021
Objective To estimate the prevalence of illicit tobacco trade (ITT) and different ITT modes—tax s... more Objective To estimate the prevalence of illicit tobacco trade (ITT) and different ITT modes—tax stamp counterfeiting and smuggling—in Argentina. Design Cross-sectional study using an empty tobacco pack survey with a simple random cluster sampling design. Classification as licit/illicit using forensic analysis of tax stamps and packs and econometric modelling. Setting Cities of Buenos Aires, La Matanza, Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, Neuquen, Posadas, Salta; January–June 2019. Results Of a total sample of 15 658 packs, 83.2% were manufactured in Argentina and 16.8% were foreign packs. Overall ITT prevalence—weighted by district population size—was estimated at 13.7%, where 6.1% was attributable to stamp counterfeiting—that is, a forged stamp not issued by the national tax authority—and 7.6% to contraband smuggling of foreign cigarette packs—that is, illicit trade of packs across national borders. Conclusions The ITT problem in Argentina seems to be equally represented by counterfeiting o...
While Illicit Tobacco Trade (ITT) is a serious threat to the effectiveness of tobacco control pol... more While Illicit Tobacco Trade (ITT) is a serious threat to the effectiveness of tobacco control policies worldwide, to this day tobacco-industry independent estimations of the size of the market for illicit tobacco products in the region are still very scarce. There is evidence that the tobacco industry often manipulates ITT estimates to influence policy-making and hinder tobacco control measures. In this study, we sought to bridge this knowledge gap by generating data on the prevalence of cigarette illicit trade in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. We used an empty tobacco pack survey approach with a simple random cluster sampling design. A total of 4,906 packs were collected. Determination of packs as licit/illicit was conducted by forensic analysis of tax stamps and econometric modelling. Cigarette packs manufactured in country dominated the sample (97%), of which 3.71% (CI 95%:3.18%-4.24%) could be categorized as illicit cigarettes carrying counterfeit stamps. Most i...
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