This paper presents two versions of a spatial competition model forthe banking sector. The first version, describes a framework that fol-lows closely Salop´s spatial competition model. This version is modi-fied in the second part by introducing the loan market and default riskprobabilities for...

This paper presents a multimarket spatial competition oligopoly model for the Colombian deposit market, in line with the New Em- pirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach. In this framework, banks use price and non-price strategies to compete in the market, which allows us to analyze the...

This paper examines the relationship between mortgage default decisions andrelevant observable variables under the light of a random utility model. The focusof the study is the Colombian mortgage market between 1997 and 2004 using twoseparate data sets that are matched using simulation...

This paper analyzes the determinants of interest margins in the Colombian Financial System. Based on the model by Ho and Saunders (1981), interest margins are modelled as a function of the pure spread and bank-specific institutional imperfections using quarterly data for the period...

Using a panel of Colombian banks and quarterly data between 1996:1 and 2010:3, we study the relationship between short-run adjustments in bank capital buffers and the business cycle. We follow a partial adjustment framework and control for several variables that have been identified as important...

En este artículo se realiza una revisión de los modelos de supervisión frecuentementeusados y las características que estos deben cumplir para alcanzar niveles óptimos deregulación y supervisión. Adicionalmente, se revisan las ventajas que surgen al involucraral banco central en dicho...

Se utiliza información de precios a nivel de producto-establecimiento entre 1999 y 2008, en frecuencia mensual, para estimar el efecto que tienen los aumentos en el salario mínimo en los precios de la comida fuera del hogar y algunos de sus componentes como almuerzos, hamburguesas, comidas...

Defining whether a financial institution is systemically important (or not) is challenging due to (i) the inevitability of combining complex importance criteria such as institutions´ size, connectedness and substitutability; (ii) the ambiguity of what an appropriate threshold for those criteria...

En este trabajo se analizan algunos aspectos de la regulación relacionada con el manejo del riesgo de mercado establecida por la Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, donde se propone el valor en riesgo (VaR) como la medida para cuantificar este tipo de riesgo. No obstante, esta regulación...

Financial system´s health is a signal of economic growth therefore it is a key indicator toinvestors. As a consequence, one of the main purposes of policymakers is to keep itsstability as well as protect it from foreign activity. Both financial and economic activity ingeneral are susceptible of...