El presente documento analiza el comportamiento reciente de los precios de la vivienda en Colombia y busca dar luces sobre si hay un desalineamiento de estos frente a los fundamentales que los determinan. Para ello se utilizaron dos aproximaciones. La primera utiliza un modelo VAR estructural...

Introduction. At the end of the 1980s Colombia confronted a situation of low growth and an unsettled domestic security situation. In order to address these issues, a comprehensive reform effort was undertaken starting in 1990. The reform agenda comprised market-driven reforms aimed at enhancing...

El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en generalizar el modelo tradicional de financiamiento del déficit del gobierno a través de la creación de dinero por parte del Banco Central, incluyendo los posibles efectos que tendrían sobre la tasa de inflación óptima la sustitución de monedas y la...

Un eje fundamental de la teoría fiscal moderna se refiere al hecho de que las decisiones en materia de gasto público y tributación efectuadas en el presente, se relacionan con el curso futuro de la deuda pública y sus determinantes a través de la restricción intertemporal del presupuesto,...

This book analyzes the political economy of exchange rate policy in Latin America. It brings together the work of economists and political scientists interested in the interaction of economic and political factors in the development of exchange rate policy.

This book analyzes the political economy of exchange rate policy in Latin America. It brings together the work of economists and political scientists interested in the interaction of economic and political factors in the development of exchange rate policy.

Como parte de un ambicioso programa de reformas iniciado con la reducción unilateral de aranceles en 1989, durante lo corrido de los noventa en Colombia se adoptaron medidas tendientes a redefinir la estructura y funcionamiento del sistema financiero. Así, se facilitó la entrada de nuevos...

This paper looks into the political economy forces that helped shape exchange rate policy in Colombia since the early 1960s. As witnessed by the remarkable longevity of the managed crawl, Colombian exchange rate policies since 1967 did not take the form of major regime changes. Policy shifts...

Since the 1960s Colombia has exhibited notorius economic stability and institutional continuity. Until rencently, the political system was based on an entreched bipartisan coalition, with little ideological confrontation. Power sharing, which was mandatory during the National Front (NF,...