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Digitalisation in the lives of urban migrants: Evidence from Bogota

Martin-Shields, Charles; Camacho, Sonia; Taborda, Rodrigo; … - 2019

As increased migration, particularly to urban centres, and digitalisation play a greater role in development cooperation, more research on how these phenomena interact will become critical. Information communication technologies (ICTs) offer pathways for potentially making it easier for migrants...

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Profit efficiency of banks in Colombia with undesirable output: A directional distance function approach

Almanza, Camilo; Mora Rodríguez, Jhon James - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-30, pp. 1-18

This article analyzes the sources of bank efficiency in Colombia over the period 2000-2011. To perform this research …

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Efectos De La Realización De Un Megaevento Deportivo Sobre Una Economía Local. El Caso De Los Juegos Mundiales 2013 Cali

Aguado, Luis F.; Osorio Mejía, Ana M.; Arbona, Alexei; … - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 22 (2017) 43, pp. 131-153

realización de un megaevento deportivo en la ciudad de Cali, Colombia. Diseño/metodología/enfoque – El impacto se estima a través …

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Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes

Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J; Carvajal-Osorio, Luis C. - 2018

This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia …, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia …

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The Effect of Grade Retention on Secondary School Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Ferreira Sequeda, Maria; Golsteyn, Bart H.H.; … - 2018

We study the effects of grade retention on secondary school performance by considering a change in Colombia's educative …

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Trends on the relationship between board size and financial and reputational corporate performance: The Colombian case

Orozco, Luis Antonio; Vargas, Jose; Galindo-Dorado, Raquel - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 27 (2018) 2, pp. 183-197

reputational corporate performance in top companies ranked by the Business Monitor of Corporate Reputation- MERCO in Colombia … performance and control variables, using a sectional sample of 84 large companies in Colombia over the period 2008-2012. Findings … considered only large companies listed by MERCO. Therefore, the results can only be generalized for top firms in Colombia …

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Decentralization of Development and Nation-Building Today: Reconstructing Colombia from the Margins of Bogotá

Eslava, Luis - In: The Law and Development Review 2 (2009) 1, pp. 283-366

strategies to recuperate the nation-building project in Colombia. Bogotá has greatly benefited from the introduction of this … Colombia's sovereignty and Bogotá's successful development, this paper examines the relationship between development and …

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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination

2009

Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...

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Impact of Free Trade Agreements on the Colombian Beef Sector

Gomez, Miguel I.; Frank, Julieta; Parra, Tatiana - 2010

Colombia negotiated bilateral Trade Agreements (TAs) with the UnitedStates and with the MERCOSUR region (Argentina … meat consumers in Colombia. Our resultssuggest that with free imports of chicken parts from the U.S, beefconsumption and … Colombia gradually decreasesthe tariff for imported beef. We identify the reduction in marginalcosts required to compete with …

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