This study implements a regular vine copula methodology to evaluate the level of contagion among the exchange rates of six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) from June 2005 to April 2012. We measure contagion in terms of tail dependence coefficients,...

A regular vine copula approach is implemented for testing for contagion among the exchange rates of the six largest Latin American countries. Using daily data from June 2005 through April 2012, we find evidence of contagion among the Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian and Mexican exchange rates....

En este artículo se propone una extensión de la metodología multivariada de desagregación temporal de Di Fonzo [1990]. Esta supone que los errores de las series de alta frecuencia siguen un modelo VAR(1) en lugar de un proceso ruido blanco. Adicionalmente, se realiza una reseña de...

Structural VAR and Structural VEC models were estimated for Chile and Colombia, aiming at identifying fiscal policy shocks in both countries between 1990 and 2005. The impulse responses obtained allow the calculation of a pesofor- peso ($/$) effect on output of a shock to public spending and to...

Hasta el año 2000, el desempleo de Ibagué era similar al de las otras ciudades. Sólodesde entonces, comenzó a exhibir niveles más altos y persistentes. En este artículo sesostiene que ese mayor desempleo se origina principalmente en factores de demanda. Adiferencia de lo ocurrido en las...

Este documento calcula las pérdidas y beneficios de un incremento del Salario Mínimo Legal para Colombia en el año 2006 siguiendo la metodología de MaCurdy y McIntire (2001) y O´Brien-Strain y McCurdy (2000). Para ello, se utiliza la matriz Insumo-Producto del año 2006 y la Encuesta...

We assess the effect of the homicide rate, individual´s perception of security in their neighborhood of residence, and of the effect of their having been victimized, on life satisfaction. We find a negative effect of the homicide rate on life satisfaction for the subsample of individuals living...

This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of fiscal decentralization on Colombia's public basic education. Based on the social and economic data available for 1,003 municipalities and 13,670 public schools, for the last decade, we confirmed that decentralization has had a positive and...

Se estima la prima por vencimiento a partir de un modelo afín de 4 componentes principales de la estructura a términos de las tasas de interés de los bonos soberanos de Colombia en pesos. Se sigue la metodología propuesta por Adrian et al. (2013) para el periodo comprendido entre enero de...

The most recent global financial crisis (2008-2009) highlighted the importance of systemic risk and promoted academic interest to develop a wide set of warning indicators, which are mechanisms to identify systemically important institutions and global systemic risk indexes. Using the methodology...