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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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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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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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The Colombian Economy grew 7,5% in 2007, the highest growth rate since the 1970's. The traditional productive sectors and the great expansion of domestic aggregate demand have been the main sources of growth. However, the major inflationary pressures along the year led to the unfulfillment of...
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This paper presents an analysis of coyuntural and macroeconomic Colombian policy for 2006, and the perspectives on the performance of the economy in 2007. The study highlights the good behavior of the national economy and it presents some elements that justify it; this good behavior is reflected...
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: El conflicto armado colombiano lo podemos racionalizar o formalizar en términos de las ganancias económicas que de allí se esperan o se dejan de obtener y la polarización política que lo originó. Tanto el establecimiento político (la deslegitimación actual de los poderes públicos y...
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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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