This draft discusses the main instruments to mitigate environmental externalities, considering both the traditional goals of efficiency and equity and restrictions on information and technical and political feasibility. It is analyzed the program "Pico y Placa" in Medellín, a restricting...

The purpose of this article is to evidence the current state of non-interconnected zones (ZNI) in Colombia, in terms of the offer of energy, regulation and institutional structure, in order to determine the incentives that seek to implement efficient solutions for these zones. For this purpose,...

Entre los estudiosos de la educación hay un fenómeno interesante llamado "peer- efects" o efecto de pares, el cual indica que el rendimiento escolar se encuentra asociado con el rendimiento de otros en el aula (sus pares). Esta interacción social ayuda a mejorar los resultados esperados de la...

Dieciocho gobernadores de los departamentos donde las loterías no funcionan o dan pérdidas han propuesto que en el país se apueste a una lotería única, idea que no es nueva. El lector, experto en análisis de economía aplicada, nos explica en este punto de vista una curiosa paradoja por la...

This article presents an approach to the institutions and regulations derived from the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. It is analyzed the performance of emission reductions markets during its three years of operations, mainly the instability of prices in European markets and their relationships...

Un modelo de equilibrio parcial que permite la toma de decisiones simultáneas

In this paper, we characterize and study the efficiency of a representative set of firms in the leather and footwear sector in Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cúcuta and the Metropolitan Area of Medellin. This study is based on a survey addressing multiple aspects of production in this industry (inputs,...

In this paper we study the effect of family and school background on students' academic performance, who attended public schools in Medellín. Two approaches are implemented in this work. Firstly, we investigate the effect of covariates on different segments of scores' distribution by quantile...