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The study presented here is a follow-up study to Rowland and Torres (2004), who used a panel data framework together with data from 16 emerging market issuers to identify the determinants of the spread and the creditworthiness. Since many new issuers of emerging market sovereign debt have emerged…
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Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) permanently does a proactive exercise to anticipate the possible consequences of regulation and the needs arising from the national and international context. To this end, the Bank carries out continuous analyses to identify, diagnose, and…
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One explanation for the increasing number of hectares with coca cultivation is that eradication strategies displace coca crops but fail to completely clear affected areas. In the drug policy literature, that dynamic shifting is commonly known as the balloon effect. This study integrates…
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Article 371 of the Colombian Constitution establishes that Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) performs central banking functions and is organized as a legal entity of public law with administrative, financial, and technical autonomy, subject to its own legal framework. Likewise,…
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Since 1991, inflation in Colombia was reduced from 25% on average to about 6% more recently. Although this performance is in line with a long run inflation target of 3%, some analysts ask whether the Central Bank should continue disinflating. In this paper we present a dynamic stochastic general…
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In this survey, economic analysts are consulted about their expectations for specific time horizons. This survey is part of a set of tools for analyzing the transmission channels of monetary policy, which allows studying the degree of anchoring of inflation expectations, with the particularity that…
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This policy proposes to establish and encourage in a transversal and coordinated manner a culture in Banco de la República (the Central Bank in Colombia) focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, under the following commitments:
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We revisit an old question but with a new identification strategy, namely the difference in exchange rate effects between announced (“vocal”) and secret (“dirty”) foreign exchange intervention. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, we exploit a rule-based intervention mechanism enacted…
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Do Local Governments Engage in Strategic Property-Tax Competition? Do Local Governments Engage in Strategic Property-Tax Competition? by Jan K. Brueckner Department of Economics and Institute of Government and Public Affairs University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL…
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Recently, videos manipulated with artificial intelligence have been circulating on social networks that use images of the Governor of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia), accompanied by a false audio inviting people to make illegal financial investments. These contents are…
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Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) informs citizens that it has no interference in private transactions and, therefore, no relationship with the platform that calls itself ZK Bank.Banco de la República exercises central banking functions and, in accordance with the Constitution,…
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Medellín seminario de economía 113
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We examine the effect of single‐sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all‐female, all‐male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in other studies on single‐sex education…
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The international crisis by the end of the previous decade brought very important changes in terms of degree, size, and volatility of capital flows to emerging markets. These became a challenge for their economic authorities because the negative effects likely to affect macroeconomic variables of…
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The countries of the Caribbean Basin have a tradition in coffee production since the grain entered America through this area in the 18th century. Although the region lost importance in the international coffee market in the 20th century, the crop maintains its significance in…
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Given that education is closely related to other determinants of informal employment, this study models its behavior to assess its impact on informality rates, recognizing that an improvement in the educational level could positively influence productivity and the formalization of employment.
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AbstractThe objective of this study is to describe the main fiscal indicators of Barranquilla during the period 2000–2021, as well as explore the possible factors that could be behind the observed behavior. We compare the evolution of the main fiscal variables of the district with those…
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Documentos de Trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana - Fiscal Overview in Latin America, 2000-2022“Despite the advances in the pursuit of macro-fiscal sustainability aimed at providing greater well-being to the population, tax systems in Latin America are still far from achieving their goals of equity and efficiency.”
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El comercio internacional tiene el potencial de compensar las consecuencias negativas de los desastres naturales. Los países parecen beneficiarse de los choques climáticos extremos en las economías competidoras.
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AbstractInternational and national literature provides evidence indicating that investment in infrastructure is one of the key elements to achieve economic and social development.
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AbstractThis document analyzes the evolution of the main labor market indicators and poverty indicators of Barranquilla between 2008 and 2022. On the one hand, it seeks to understand the evolution of employment generation and labor income during the last decade, and on the other hand…
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AbstractAsymmetric decentralization has become relevant in developing countries like Colombia, where capabilities between subnational governments differ dramatically. Although these discussions have been present since the 1960s, the success of decentralization is still a relevant…
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Corruption is generally understood as taking advantage of public power for private benefit. This paper evaluates the relationship between emergency declarations for natural disasters and corruption.
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“Political stability or continuity can shape fiscal outcomes at the regional level, a topic that has received little attention in the political economy literature."
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