10 articles in this issue
Verel Elvira Monroy Flores
Today, given the prevalence of problems such as poverty, environmental deterioration, the violation of rights, violence, among others, Latin America highlights the urgency of restoring debates about development and proposing alternatives to this that woul... see more
Paula Andrea Nieto Alemán,Jaime Alberto Rendón Acevedo
This article seeks to answer two questions: Has the process of regional integration in Mercosur since its launch with the Treaty of Asunción (1991) contributed to reducing disparities in per capita income among countries in the region? Has there been conv... see more
Sándor Gyula Nagy,Dzenita Siljak
This paper aims to analyze the beta convergence of Western Balkan countries towards the EU-15 Member States in the period 2004-2016, and two sub-periods: 2004-2008 and 2009-2013. Beta convergence is based on the neoclassical growth theory and tests the hy... see more
Mohammad Salem Oudat,Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi,Najed Massad Alrawashdeh
This paper investigates both long-run and short-run elasticities between gross domestic product and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Jordan. Annual data have been used in order to explore the relationship between foreign direct investments (FDI) with ec... see more
Stella Vanegas Calle
This document researches the quantitative effects of a tariff reduction between Colombia and Japan, because of a possible commercial agreement. Using some indicators of commercial dynamism and a partial equilibrium model based on the SMART methodology of ... see more
Remedios Ramón-Dangla
The Wage Guarantee Fund (FOGASA) is a public institution in Spain that pays, up until the limit, labor credits to workers affected by a dismissal when the employer is bankrupt, which has been influenced by the policy of spending cuts as any other public i... see more
Cristian Darío Castillo Robayo,Javier García Estévez
Young people face unique obstacles in their search for a productive work life, and more frequently than adults. Employment indicators for young people—such as unemployment rate, precarious employment, income, among others—are significantly worse than thos... see more
Miller Rivera Lozano,Nicolás Rivera Garzón
This article discusses the main theoretical characteristics of several types of financial crises. With this objective in mind, it presents a detailed explanation of the functioning of the modern financial system, recent history of macroeconomics, and the ... see more
Alberto Parra Barrios
This paper analyzes the impact of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy in the United States during the period 2007-2015 on three Colombian economic indicators: the representative market rate (TRM), the COLCAP Index, and fixed income securities (TES) with... see more
Johan Manuel Redondo,Danny Ibarra-Vega
The sanctioning process for environmental infringement in Colombia includes the exercise of determining fines (Law 1333 of 2009), with a methodology established in the Resolution 2086 of 2010, and proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Terr... see more