Looking ahead, monitoring financial stability, macroeconomic (dis)equilibria, and the space for active economic policy—with inflation close to the target and sustainable public finances—are necessary conditions to successfully face future adverse shocks.
Journal Essays on Economic Policy (ESPE)
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- Publicación |"Although these frictions affect various credit markets, they are especially relevant in rural areas of developing countries due to transportation difficulties and lack of formal documentation.”
- Publicación |“… the costs of informality are higher: workers have limited social protection, businesses are less productive, and the state has reduced capacity to collect taxes and provide public goods. This leads to inefficient allocation of resources, which negatively impacts the country's economic growth.”
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Fiscal rules, also known as fiscal responsibility norms, refer to restrictive measures of fiscal policy at either the national or subnational level, through which the sustainability of public finances is sought to be guaranteed. These rules can be quantitative (those…
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Since the enactment of Law 100 of 1993, the health care system in Colombia has undergone significant transformations that have resulted in improvements in health indicators, expanded coverage, and financial protection for the population.
- Publicación |This document examines the evolution and determinants of portfolio flows in the Colombian economy, which comprises investments on public debt bonds, shares, and private bonds. Structural changes along the last few years owed to either regulatory or market shocks are identified. The international…
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The Global Financial Cycle (GFC) is a common movement of financial variables transmitted to emerging economies through various channels. During periods of GFC expansion, emerging economies tend to exhibit higher capital inflows, increased asset prices, and better conditions for accessing…
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At the end of each year, Colombia follows a negotiation protocol that leads to an increase in the minimum wage either by agreement between the parties or, in the absence of such agreement, by government decision. Despite evidence of its adverse effects on the labor market (formal…
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This paper reviews the literature on the expected macroeconomic effects of the physical and transition risks of climate change, identifying the main strengths, weaknesses, and gaps. This review aims to contextualize climate change’s potential impact in Colombia in the coming decades and…
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This document reviews the literature on the expected macroeconomic effects of climate related physical and transition risks (CRR), identifying the main strengths, weaknesses and gaps in said literature. This review seeks to contextualize its potential impact on Colombia in the coming…
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This paper studies the determinants of regional income inequalities (non-labor and labor) between 2010 and 2019 and how they changed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This Ensayos Sobre Política Económica (ESPE in Spanish) paper is framed within the area of macroeconomic literature that studies the expectation formation process. Under an inflation targeting scheme, expected inflation plays a central role in the analysis of monetary…
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This article addresses the question: Has the delay in the provision of transport infrastructure in Colombia, caused in part by historically low levels of investment, been a significant obstacle to its economic growth and regional and international integration? The…
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Since the introduction of exchange rate flexibility and the inflation targeting regime in 1999, Banco de la República (BR), Colombia's monetary and exchange rate authority, has intervened assiduously in the foreign exchange market, except in the last five years.
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In this article, we study the role of cash and electronic payments in the payment ecosystems of Colombia and the world, and the factors that determine their demand.
For these purposes, we address the following research questions:
What are the determinants of demand for cash and… - Publicación |
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