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Construction prices in developing countries in ICP 2005 are lower relative to prices in developed countries than in earlier versions of the ICP. Our estimates of the Colombia/U.S. ratio of prices for office buildings demonstrate that the ICP 2005 price ratio for these countries is substantially...
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Like students in most developing countries, Colombian students in 4th grade performed poorly in the TIMSS 2007 test of mathematics skills, achieving an average score of 355 relative to an international mean of 500. After controlling for other factors and misreporting error, I find that large...
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This paper considers the effect of electricity generation reliability on the spot price of the electricity market in Colombia, a mechanism implemented in 2006 to encourage existing generators or new investors to increase the installed capacity in the wholesale energy market. We describe the...
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Cuantificar el impacto que las restricciones tienen sobre la producción y el empleo mediante un modelo de equilibrio general, es el objetivo del presente artículo. En la sección segunda se describe el modelo. La sección tercera detalla el ejercicio de estática comparativa realizado,...
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El mercado de energía mayorista es uno de los sectores industriales más competitivos de Colombia, y representa uno de los ejes principales en la economía del país. Este mercado ha sido objeto de estudio de varias áreas de conocimiento como la ingeniería eléctrica, economía, finanzas y...
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Este trabajo analiza el impacto del boom minero-energético experimentado por la economía colombiana en el período 2004-2012 sobre la tasa de cambio real y la participación de los sectores manufacturero e industrial. Para ello se introduce el concepto de “Enfermedad holandesa extendida”,...
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In this study, we estimate the impact of the 2004-2012 energy and mining boom on the real effective exchange rate in Colombia and the sectoral composition of its economy. To this end, we introduce the new “extended Dutch Disease” concept, according to which a currency appreciation may not...
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This paper presents evidence of the ability of poor households in Colombia to insure consumption against idiosyncratic and covariate risks. Using longitudinal data from Familias en Acción (FA), a conditional cash transfer program (CCT) in Colombia, we test the predictions of the Pareto full...
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La literatura económica ha analizado con gran nivel de detalle la forma como opera la competencia, pero también, las circunstancias en que su operación es limitada. Esas circunstancias se analizan como fallos de mercado", y se resumen generalmente en cinco grandes grupos: poder de mercado,...
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The current paper analyzes the importance and potentials of the tourism sector for economic development. It is divided into four major parts. After a short introduction, section two presents some theoretical insights into the topic of economic development. Commenting on the most relevant...
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