This is a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between violence and economic growth in Colombia, an interesting case study for social scientists studying violence, conflict, crime, and development. We argue that despite the rapid development of this literature and the...

This is a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between violence and economic growth in Colombia, an interesting case study for social scientists studying violence, conflict, crime, and development. We argue that despite the rapid development of this literature and the...

Usando la teoría de los contratos óptimos en presencia de información asimétrica, este artículo racionaliza los mecanismos de compensación ex post en los sistemas competitivos de aseguramiento en salud, de manera específica en el caso de Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud en...

This paper evaluates the impact of Resolution CREG 051 on the performance of the electricity markets in Colombia. We found out that productive efficiency has improved since the introduction of the Resolution, that is, the total costs of producing electricity have been reduced. This shows a...

"If these theories are correct, they imply that the macroeconomics developed in the wake of Keynesian Revolution is well confined to the ashbin of history".(2) Un hecho constante que ha sido notado y estudiado por más de un siglo por los economistas, es el de las fluctuaciones recurrentes de...

This paper considers a very general class of single or multi-unit auctions of indivisible objects. The model allows for interdependent values, multidiminensional types and any attitude towards risk. Assuming only optimal behavior, we prove that each bid is chosen in order to equalize the...

Latin American countries are the only Western countries that are poor and that aren't gaining ground on the United States. This paper evaluates why Latin America has not replicated Western economic success. We find that this failure is primarily due to TFP differences. Latin America's TFP gap is...