This paper uses a survey on wage formation that was applied to 1,305 Colombian firms to study wage-setting decisions with respect to newly hired employees. The Colombian case is interesting, since the country’s labour market performance, especially its unemployment rate and level of...

In this paper we find empirical evidence of bank lending channel for Colombia, using a balanced panel data of about four thousand non-financial firms. We find that increases in the interest rate, proxiing for the monetary policy instrument, lead to a reduction in the proportion of bank loans,...

This paper advances on the analysis of the structural interdependence among Colombian departments. The results show that Bogotá has a large influence in the other regional economies through its purchasing power. Additionally, it can be observed a centerperiphery pattern in the spatial...

Las transferencias de fondos que se realizan entre los participantes en un sistema de pagos conforman redes de valor que, por su naturaleza, están expuestas a riesgos financieros de diverso género y, en particular, al potencial de riesgo sistémico. La incidencia que ello tendría sobre la...