El presente trabajo sigue la corriente tradicional de los estudios existentes sobre el tema desde un doble punto de vista: primero, se tomó la producción de los bancos como no conjunta, y segundo, está orientado a determinar la existencia de economías de escala en el sector bancario...

El presente trabajo analiza la relación entre el tipo de cambio negro y el oficial, al igual que la eficiencia del mercado paralelo de divisas en Colombia. Con base en datos mensuales para el período 1970-1989, se encontró que la tasa de cambio oficial y paralela estaban cointegradas, lo cual...

The paper analyzes the impact of the recent global crisis in the context of the previous two decades'growth and capital flows. Growth decomposition exercises show that Egyptian growth is driven mostly by capital accumulation. To estimate the share of labor in national income, the analysis...

Ghana's economic growth picked up in the early 2000s and has been exceptionally strong over the past few years, with price booms of its main commodity exports, gold and cocoa, and the initiation of commercial oil production in 2011. This paper examines recent econometric evidence on Ghana's...

Government spending in developing countries typically account for between15 and 30 percent of GDP. Hence, small changes in the efficiency of public spending could have a major impact on GDP and on the attainment of the government's objectives. The first challenge that stakeholders face is...

This paper describes stylized facts about internal migration and the labor force in Egypt, and shows how internal migration in the country is low compared with international standards. Using aggregate labor force survey data, the paper shows how individuals migrate to governorates with higher...

From 2008 to 2011, Egypt was hit by significant shocks, both global and country-specific. This paper assesses the impact of the resulting macroeconomic instability on the banking sector, and examines its role as a shock absorber. The Central Bank of Egypt accommodated the shocks by supplying...

This paper examines the role of primary fiscal balances as a signaling device in a world in which investors are uncertain about the sovereign’s commitment to honor its obligations. Based on the Drudi-Prati model that rationalizes delayed stabilization and debt accumulation, we verify the...

En este documento se examina los determinantes de la cuenta corriente en Colombia desde 1950 hasta 1996. Los resultados no permiten rechazar la hipótesis de que el mejor modelo descriptivo es el del enfoque intertemporal. En su versión más simple, éste tiene como variables explicativas las...