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The purpose of this study is twofold: First, it provides an empirical characterization of fiscal policy in Colombia over the last decades, by assessing the three most relevant macroeconomic factors: the behavior of fiscal policy over the business cycle; whether it has been coherent with the...
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This paper reviews the relationship between the business cycle and public finances in Colombia. The evidence shows that cyclical movements in output systematically affect the situation of public finances. Hence, the distinction between the cyclical and permanent (i.e. structural) components of...
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Las economías emergentes más dependientes del sector minero-energético, enfrentan el riesgo de que, a medida que aumente la participación de este último dentro del PIB, el crecimiento de su gasto público llegue a desbordarse y adquiera connotaciones cada vez más pro-cíclicas,...
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Exploiting spatial and temporal variations in the number of seizures from criminal organizations, I estimate regional fixed effects models of the increase in the number of properties confiscated on the main crime rates. From 2002 security strategies changed, and as a result, the effects on crime...
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In this paper I explore the potential link between Plan Colombia and violence with a new perspective. I focus the analysis only on the first three running years of the program (2000-2002) in order to avoid the overlapping effect with a security policy started in 2002/2003. This paper exploits...
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In this paper, I estimate the demand for housing in Bogotá, modeling electricity consumption explicitly to take into account the crossed subsidies included in Colombian utility rates. I use household level data on housing prices, observable dwelling attributes, and demographic variables to...
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En este trabajo se cuantifica el impacto macroeconómico del beneficio tributario al capital establecido en Colombia en el 2003, en el contexto de un modelo de equilibrio general dinámico de previsión perfecta con oferta de trabajo endógena. Los ejercicios de calibración indican que hay...
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This paper derives a link between the forecasts of professional forecasters and a DSGEmodel. I show that the forecasts of a professional forecaster can be incorporated to the statespace representation of the model by allowing the measurement error of the forecast and thestructural shocks to be...
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El objetivo del documento es describir el proceso de formación de los precios de los combustibles en Colombia y cuantificar el impacto inflacionario de un choque a sus precios, con el fin de que sirva de marco de referencia para los pronósticos de inflación y las decisiones de política...
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Este documento analiza el desempeño del Sisben como instrumento de focalización del Régimen Subsidiado en Salud, RS, desde su introducción luego de la Ley 100 de 1993. La evidencia sugiere que la focalización del Régimen Subsidiado para los años 1997 y 2003, hecha con base en el Viejo...
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