Spanish abstract: En este artículo sometimos a escrutinio el concepto de “racionalidad”, como ejercicio de la razón. Conforme avanzamos en la investigación quedó claro que esa razón está fundada en un conjunto de valores y principios que le dan validez como decisiones correctas a...

This book focuses on the historical analysis of the main economic and social transformations of Valle del Cauca in the last 25 years. With a wide and diverse statistical information, the results of the Valley are evaluated against those registered by the main departments of the country. An...

Combining the approaches of Ortiz and Mejía et al., this paper proposes a new model of drug trafficking and conflict. In a general equilibrium framework, an explanation of the downward trend in the price of cocaine over the last two decades is developed. The model shows that the main factor...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo, que es a la vez una contribución a la historia del pensamiento económico y una aclaración de la teoría del desarrollo económico en la que se basó el Plan de Desarrollo colombiano de 1970-1974, Las cuatro estrategias, discute la propuesta de Paul...

The objective of the article is to construct a mathematical model of partial equilibrium in competitive markets with heterogeneous economic agents. On one hand, consumers with Cobb - Douglas preferences, perfect substitute goods, quasilinear and Stone - Geary preferences are considered, in...

The objective of the article is to construct a mathematical model of partial equilibrium in competitive markets with heterogeneous economic agents. On one hand, consumers with Cobb - Douglas preferences, perfect substitute goods, quasilinear and Stone - Geary preferences are considered, in...

Migration has been a difficult phenomenon to measure because of its volatile characteristics and the number of models that explain the essential incentives of the process. In Bolivia there are few quantitative studies of international migratory movements, however, there are records that reflect...

The dynamics of oil prices in the past few years and their vertiginous rise observed during 2008 have captured the attention of academia and governments. This paper proposes an analysis of the petroleum market, making emphasis in the crude benchmarks WTI and Brent, the world reserves...