ABSTRACT. We use a dynamic factor model proposed by Stock and Watson [1998, 1999,2002a,b] to forecast Colombian inflation. The model includes 92 monthly series observedover the period 1999:01-2008:06. The results show that for short-run horizons, factor modelforecasts significantly outperformed...

En esta investigación se emplea la metodología del propensity score matching para estimar el impacto a corto plazo de un programa de educación económica y financiera (EEF) sobre los conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes, capacidades y comportamientos económicos de 1.518 estudiantes de...

En este documento se presenta un algoritmo computacional para revisar y controlar eficientemente la calidad de la información de grandes volúmenes de registros administrativos recolectados periódicamente. La metodología utilizada para este propósito es conocida como TOP-DOWN, la cual se...

En este trabajo se cuantifica el contenido informativo de los Índices de Confianza utilizados por el Banco de la República en la elaboración de su Informe sobre Inflación. Se estudian las frecuencias a las que ocurren sus variaciones y se comparan con las frecuencias de medidas similares de...

This document presents how to estimate and implement a structural VAR-X model under long run and impact identification restrictions. Estimation by bayesian and maximum likelihood methods is presented. Applications of the structural VAR-X for impulse response functions to structural shocks,...

Using Bayesian estimation techniques, we estimate a small open economyDSGE model with credit-market imperfections for the Colombian economy. Us-ing the estimated model we investigate what are the sources of business cycle°uctuations. We show that balance-sheet e®ects play an important role in...

Este documento analiza la relación existente entre la deuda externa pública y la inversiónprivada para Colombia entre 1994 y 2007, a partir del modelo de series de tiempo no linealesTAR. La estimación del modelo se realizó a través de los métodos MCMC y el enfoquebayesiano. Los resultados...

In this paper, we study the empirical relationship between credit funding sources and the financial vulnerability of the Colombian banking system. We propose a statistical model to measure and predict banking-fragility episodes associated with credit funding sources classified into retail...

Despite foreign reserves´ strategic asset allocation relies mainly on Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), the unique characteristics of central banks obliges them to articulate and reconcile typical optimization procedures with reserves´ management objectives such as providing confidence regarding...

Three methodologies of estimation of models with many predictors are implemented to forecast Colombian inflation. Two factor models, based on principal components, and partial least squares, as well as a Bayesian regression, known as Ridge regression are estimated. The methodologies are compared...