We study the existence of a monetary policy transmission mechanism through banks in Colombia, using monthly banks’ balance sheet data for the period 1996:4 – 2012:12. We obtain results which are consistent with the basic postulates of the bank lending channel (and the risk-taking channel)...

El presente trabajo estudia un modelo sustentado en los fundamentos de la regla de Taylor para evaluar la previsibilidad de la tasa de cambio nominal de seis divisas latinoamericanas - el peso argentino, el peso chileno, el peso colombiano, el peso mexicano, el peso uruguayo y el real brasileño...

This paper examines whether central banks in Latin America have implemented conventional inflation targeting (IT) prescriptions, with a focus on foreign exchange intervention and official reserves accumulation policies. To this end, the paper reviews the experiences of Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...

In this paper we find empirical evidence of bank lending channel for Colombia, using a balanced panel data of about four thousand non-financial firms. We find that increases in the interest rate, proxiing for the monetary policy instrument, lead to a reduction in the proportion of bank loans,...

La mayoría de los primeros bancos centrales que surgieron en el planeta ejercía ciertas formas incipientes de regulación y supervisión de los bancos comerciales. Posteriormente, algunos países optaron por depositar esa responsabilidad en agencias gubernamentales especializadas, entre ellos...

In this paper we find empirical evidence of bank lending channel for Colombia and Argentina. As for Argentina, we do not find evidence that changes in the interbank interest rate affect the growth rate of total loans directly. However, it does indirectly through interactions: the interbank...

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 documento se utilizan herramientas de análisis de redes tradicionales para describir las características generales de la estructura del Mercado Electrónico Colombiano (MEC). Se encontró que éste está fuertemente concentrado en unos pocos agentes, con bajo nivel de conectividad,...

Durante las dos últimas décadas, los mercados de deuda pública se han desarrollado significativamente en las economías emergentes. A pesar de las ventajas que el desarrollo de este mercado tiene sobre el sector financiero, la volatilidad en el precio de los bonos soberanos conlleva riesgos...

Network analysis has been applied to identify systemically important financial institutions after the 2008 financial crisis. Such applications have stressed the importance of centrality within the too-connected-to-fail concept. Yet, despite their well-known importance for financial stability,...