The Bank Credit Channel, which amplifies the effects of the traditional channel of monetary policy, emphasizes on the structure and frictions of financial markets as determinants of aggregate spending. This paper aims at analyze and verify the existence of the bank credit channel in Colombia...

This paper deals with the main theoretical problems regarding the application of stochastic processes to leptokurtic financial return distributions. A sort of statistical tests based on the stock index Banamex 30 is performed in order to choose the stochastic model that provides the best fit to...

“Orthogonal portfolios” methodology applied by Roll (1980), in order to get an orthogonal zero-beta portafolio when we have a nonefficient market index in Mean-Variance approach, is used by MacKinley and Pastor (2000) to obtain a non observed risk factor that considers the information aj?0...

We jointly parameterized the generalized autoregressive conditional het- eroskedasticity that corresponds to the behavior of the variance of three variables: (a) the core Mexican stock market index (IPC), (b) the Emerging Markets Bond Index for Mexico (EMBI) as country risk pointer and, (c) the...

This paper develops a continuous-time random model of loss index triggers for cat bonds on the basis of the loss amount incurred until their maturity. Assuming that total loss amount due to a catastrophe is defined as the sum of the incurred loss amount plus the incurred-but-not-yet reported...

En este trabajo se analiza la estructura y el grado de competencia en el mercado de préstamos bancarios de Argentina en el período 2006-2011. Para evaluar el grado de competencia se utilizó el modelo de Panzer-Rose y se diferenció entre bancos privados y públicos. Los resultados indican que...

The present article is carried out with the purpose of exposing the reader to the statistical-structural weaknesses that the management indicators or key performance indicators may have -better known as KPIs-, used as measures to quantify the performance of a company or organization, especially...

This article discusses how the conditions of the socioeconomic environment affect mobility at the secondary, middle and upper levels of education. Our analysis focuses on the influence of parents' educational level to evaluate intergenerational mobility in education. Using a logit model of...

The boost of the accommodation type called vacation rentals (tourist apartments and dwellings) experienced worldwide in recent years thanks to the rise of the Internet and P2P networks arouses interest in the analysis of these new stay formulas. The aim of this research is the elaboration of an...

Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar las características sociodemográficas del propietario de una empresa o negocio que influyen en la consecución del éxito empresarial en Perú. Tomando la información de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Condiciones de Vida y Pobreza del año...