This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18% compared with pre-disaster flows, the typical surge is small in relation to the...

We describe the flows of aid after large catastrophic natural disasters by using the extensive record of bilateral aid flows, by aid sector, available through the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee. For each large donor, we identify the extent of cross-sector re-allocation that is...

Although financial development is good for long-term growth, not all countries pursue policies that render full financial development. This paper builds on an extensive political economy literature to construct a theoretical model showing that the intensity of opposition to financial development...

This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster flows, the typical surge is small in relation...

This paper uses simple regression techniques to make an initial assessment of the monetary damages caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead and missing (i.e., the range of mortality that the...

This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster flows, the typical surge is small in relation...

Este documento busca describir la dinámica de la transmisión de las medidasde política monetaria implementadas por el Banco de la República hacia lasdemás tasas de interés, con el fin de identificar la efectividad y el rezago quetienen las medidas de política monetaria. A partir de un...

Este documento realiza una descripción de las medidas de dependencia consus principales ventajas y desventajas y presenta a la cópula como una estructura flexibleque permite caracterizar diferentes tipos de dependencia. Adicionalmente, introduce eluso de la cópula en la medici´on de riesgo...

Este documento realiza una descripción de las medidas de dependencia con sus principales ventajas y desventajas y presenta a la cópula como una estructura flexible que permite caracterizar diferentes tipos de dependencia. Adicionalmente, introduce el uso de la cópula en la medición de riesgo...

Este documento busca describir la dinámica de la transmisión de las medidas de política monetaria implementadas por el Banco de la República hacia las demás tasas de interés, con el fin de identificar la efectividad y el rezago que tienen las medidas de política monetaria. A partir de un...