VIRGILIO GALDO
Biographic Data
| ID | 5739632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | VIRGILIO GALDO |
| GIVEN NAMES | VIRGILIO |
| FAMILY NAME | GALDO |
| SIGNATURE | GALDO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Territorial income differences and dynamics within Latin American countries
Conflict and the composition of economic activity in Afghanistan
Despite informality being the norm in conflict-affected countries, most estimates of the impact of conflict on economic activity rely on formal sector data. Using high-frequency data from Afghanistan, this paper assesses how surges in conflict intensity affect not only the formal sector, but also informal and illicit activities. Nighttime light provides a proxy for aggregate economic activity, mobile phone traffic by registered firms captures flu…
Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India
Examining the economic impact of Covid-19 in India through daily electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity
Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi‐natural Experiment for Peru
We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns, we are able to link access to telephone services with household income. We find that, regardless of income measurement, most char…
Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry
We study the link between state‐owned restructuring before privatization and privatization sales prices for the telecommunications industry. We use new data to cover 84 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80% of the sector in terms of value. We focus on streamlining policies and regulatory issues prior to privatization and find that, while most labour streamlining measures have no bearing on privatization prices, the prese…
Examining the economic impact of Covid-19 in India through daily electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity
Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India
Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry
We study the link between state‐owned restructuring before privatization and privatization sales prices for the telecommunications industry. We use new data to cover 84 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80% of the sector in terms of value. We focus on streamlining policies and regulatory issues prior to privatization and find that, while most labour streamlining measures have no bearing on privatization prices, the prese…
Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry
We study the link between state‐owned restructuring before privatization and privatization sales prices for the telecommunications industry. We use new data to cover 84 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80% of the sector in terms of value. We focus on streamlining policies and regulatory issues prior to privatization and find that, while most labour streamlining measures have no bearing on privatization prices, the prese…
Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi‐natural Experiment for Peru
We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns, we are able to link access to telephone services with household income. We find that, regardless of income measurement, most char…
Examining the economic impact of Covid-19 in India through daily electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity
Conflict and the composition of economic activity in Afghanistan
Despite informality being the norm in conflict-affected countries, most estimates of the impact of conflict on economic activity rely on formal sector data. Using high-frequency data from Afghanistan, this paper assesses how surges in conflict intensity affect not only the formal sector, but also informal and illicit activities. Nighttime light provides a proxy for aggregate economic activity, mobile phone traffic by registered firms captures flu…
Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India
Territorial income differences and dynamics within Latin American countries
Economics (6 works) · Business (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (2 works) · Impact of Light on Environment and Health (2 works) · Proxy (statistics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Statistics (2 works)