This article analyzes the causes of U.S. mortgage backed securities crisis, a crucial market in the financial panic of 2008. It shows that irrational behavior of investors is not infrequent, as evidenced by Ponzi schemes and bubbles. A comparison is made between traditional and new models of...

Spanish Abstract: En este estudio se estiman los costos de transacción asociados a la liquidez intradiaria de acciones que pertenecen a seis mercados accionarios latinoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Perú) durante un periodo de seis meses (Julio 2009–Enero 2010). Se...

Spanish Abstract: Se plantea el coeficiente de dependencia asintótica, basado en cópulas, como una medida para la administración del riesgo en portafolios de acciones. Se describen algunos aspectos de las estructuras macro y microeconómicas del mercado en Colombia, motivando la introducción...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo sugiere que la metamorfosis de las deudas en derivados y títulos financieros, y de estos en deudas, genera redes de activos y obligaciones, que inducen la emergencia de distintos tiempos del capital, articulados en un sistema complejo, cuya dinámica hace...

Spanish Abstract: El presente documento evidencia la existencia de burbujas en el precio de la vivienda en Colombia (a nivel nacional y de ciudades) entre el periodo 1995-2019. Para comprobar su presencia se utiliza la prueba de detección de burbujas propuesta por Phillips et al. (2015) al...

This essay discusses the status of Financial Economics as a discipline in the face of the current global crisis. Contrary to some criticisms that have been levied, it defends the thesis that the discipline has not irresponsibly abused the rational man-rat

In this paper we study the possible effect it may have concerning the use of financial derivatives in the evolution of the share price of Mexican non-financial corporations, whether such contracts are used for hedging financial risks or for trading. The first part is a review of the literature...

The low liquidity showed in the evolution of Alternative Markets for expanding firms has caused a great concern among practitioners. The debate arises: Is it this lack of liquidity a market maturity matter? Would liquidity arise itself with more companies going public and more investors trading?...

In this paper we study the possible effect it may have concerning the use of financial derivatives in the evolution of the share price of Mexican non-financial corporations, whether such contracts are used for hedging financial risks or for trading. The first part is a review of the literature...