This paper measures the impact of crime on firm investment by exploiting variation in kidnappings in Colombia from 1996 … to 2002. Our central result is that firms invest less when kidnappings target firms. We also find that aggregate crime …

target for criminal activities. The paper proposes an information channel through which crime distorts consumption decisions …; this channel is different in nature from the channel whereby crime acts as a direct tax on observable and stealable … consumption goods. More precisely, we argue that, in the presence of crime, individuals reduce their consumption ofobservable …

eight major cities of Colombia in 2010 by the National Police. The strategy divides the largest cities into small … contact, and holds officers accountable for crime in their assigned area. The plan warranted a comprehensive training program … reduction in several types of crime attributable to the training program, ranging from around .13 of a standard deviation for …

Our goal in this paper is twofold: First, evaluate the impact on crime of the restriction of late-night alcohol sales … in Bogotá; and second, quantify the causal effect of problematic alcohol consumption on different crime categories. Using … effects on several crime categories. We find that the restriction reduced deaths and injuries in car accidents and batteries …

presente estudio encuentra que –para el caso de Colombia- aumentos de las coberturas mencionadas se traducen en disminuciones … recolecta Colombia desde 2006. Los resultados de las estimaciones econométricas sugieren que los efectos en la disminución de la …

Colombia. We combine a detailed satellite-based longitudinal dataset on forest cover across municipalities over the period 1990 …

Desde los años treinta Colombia ha hecho varios intentos de reforma agraria, con el objetivo de mejorar la distribución … el impacto de un programa de reforma agraria en Colombia, sobre el ingreso y la calidad de vida de los beneficiarios …

municipios de Funza y Madrid (Colombia). Se busca responder a las preguntas: ¿Existe algún vínculo entre la decisión de no …