Research Projects
Relationship between financial literacy, financial inclusion, financial well-being, and digital literacy in the Ecuadorian context
Position: Director
Period: March 2025 - August 2026.
Purpose: This study investigates the status and the relationship between financial literacy, financial inclusion, financial well-being, and digital literacy in the current financial environment in Ecuador.
Development of economic groups in Latin America, case of study: Ecuador
Position: Director
Period: August 2024 - February 2026.
Purpose: This study identifies the microeconomic characteristics of the economic groups in Latin America and their influence on macroeconomic and social variables in the region, using Ecuador as a case study.
The effect of corporate governance in the firm value: Evidence from the Korean market
Position: Director
Period: August 2023 - February 2025.
Purpose: This study scrutinizes the controlling and significant posture of corporate governance to the relationship between leverage and firm value using Korean market data.
Social and demographic determinants of youth unemployment in Ecuador, 2019
Position: Director
Period: December 2022 - June 2024.
Purpose: This study determines the main factors that influence the probability of unemployment in the 18-29 age group in Ecuador.
Retionship between customer satisfaction, loyalty, and financial performance in the Ecuadorian banking industry
Position: Director
Period: April 2022 - April 2023.
Purpose: This study examines the simultaneous relationship between the degree of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and how these two variables impact on the financial performance of private banking entities in Ecuador during the period of 2016-2021. It also includes the sex of the client as a moderation variable to determine the difference between groups (women, men and combined) respected to the criteria of satisfaction and fidelity to access to financial products and services.
The effect of real earnings management in the Korean market
Position: Director
Period: October 2021 - October 2022.
Purpose: This study examines whether real earnings management (REM) affects firm value by introducing quarterly financial data in the Korean market.
Research Groups
Negocios, Economía, Organizaciones, y Sociedad (NEOS)
Research fields:
Corporate, family, and personal finance.
Business ecosystem.
Business strategy and innovation.
Economics of innovation.
Economics of education.
Webpage: https://sitios.udla.edu.ec/direccion-investigacion-vinculacion/grupos-de-investigacion/neos/
Associativity research group - Grupo de investigación sobre asociatividad (GIA)
Research fields:
Associativity
Business
Promotion for development
Public administration