In this paper, I develop an Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) measure for Colombia based on news coverage, as the one … with major events in the economic history of Colombia. The purpose of these indexes is to help researchers to investigate … developing country like Colombia …

), its volatility as well as the asymmetric effects, for the period of 12th May 2009 to 12th June, 2015. The empirical …-of-theweek effect is influenced by the choice of the volatility model applied. Similarly, the highest or lowest volatility market day …

-variate GARCH-in-mean model and volatility spillovers. The empirical results show the significant effects (positive and negative …, respectively) of the stock market returns, interest rate, and exchange rate volatility of the financial sector during the crisis …. Besides, we find, in most cases, significant (positive and negative, respectively) volatility spillovers from market return …