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The form of the Engel curve has long been a subject of discussion in applied econometrics and until now there has no been definitive conclusion about its form. In this paper an additive partially linear model is used to estimate semiparametrically the effect of total expenditure in the context...
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This paper studies the effects of school attributes on test scores in the city of Bogotá. The paper shows, first, that both teacher-pupil ratios and teacher education are positively correlated with higher test scores, and, next, that these associations are circumscribed to private schools. In...
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Economists worries about the potencial exhaustion of natural resources and the deterioration of the environment as well as its effects upon present and future generations welfare have led to disputes as for the relevancy of having as the only goal a long run economic growth without parallel...
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The present debate on the problem of natural resources exhaustion and contamination levels generated by economic activity has gone beyond the field of economic growth. This work intends to use the Ramsey model (1928), and evaluate the behavior of relevant variables in a society, when they are...
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In this paper we propose a model of network formation where the individual are farsighted. In other words, the player are able to see ahead and take decisions about changes on network structure. This characteristic means the agent's decisions that could change a network are not based on current...
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El debate actual sobre los problemas del agotamiento de los recursos naturales y los niveles de contaminación generados por la actividad económica, ha transcendido al campo del crecimiento económico. Lo que se pretende en este trabajo es utilizar el modelo de Ramsey (1928) y evaluar como se...
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El problema multiobjetivo que nos ocupa en esta investigación es el de la provisión de energía eléctrica a una localidad perteneciente a zonas aisladas o que estén alejadas del sistema que interconecta a una región o un país, en Colombia se denominan zonas no interconectadas (ZNI). Las...
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Este estudio permite caracterizar al sector en Colombia en seis entornos principales e identificar los principales aspectos que marcan la diferenciaentre las empresas de calzado y marroquinería en cuero, ubicadas en el Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá (Amva),1 seleccionadas a partir de...
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Muchos municipios colombianos, a pesar de tener una enorme riqueza hídrica, enfrentan graves problemas relacionados con el suministro de agua. La escasa cobertura, la limitada continuidad, la baja calidad del líquido, la cultura del no pago de los usuarios y la poca inversión en ampliación...
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A propósito de las basuras que abundan más en las aceras de Medellín, se ha mencionado que somos limpios y buenos ciudadanos, que este problema se resuelve encontrando una combinación óptima entre arriendo y compra de camiones e invirtiendo en una decente planta de tratamiento de...
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