10 articles in this issue
Cecilia Bermúdez, Carlos Dabús
This paper explores the real exchange rate (RER)-economic growth relationshipfor a wide sample of countries over the period 1960-2009. After removing influentialobservations, the system-GMM estimates suggest a positive link between anundervalued RER and g... see more
Marc Escrihuela-Villar, Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita
Using the coefficient of cooperation, we analyse the effect of cost asymmetries oncollusive agreements when firms are able to coordinate on distinct output levelsthan the unrestricted joint profit maximization outcome. In this context, we firstinvestigate... see more
Luis Eduardo Sandoval
This paper studies the spatial effects of demographic changes, education conditionsand conflict situation on the spatial persistence in the municipal homiciderate in Colombia, as a result of shock increases in the displaced population andlocal residents b... see more
Alejandro Arahuetes García, Gonzalo Gómez Bengoechea
This paper provides an empirical analysis of the Macroeconomic ImbalanceProcedure (MIP). It explores the relationship between sovereign bond yieldsspreads and the variables contained in the MIP scoreboard using quantileregressions. Results suggest that MI... see more
José Gabriel Castillo, Carla María Salas
The national statistical institutes face permanently the need to reform andupdate the statistical criteria and instruments for labor market analysis, as well as to adapt international recommendations for measurement. These processespose important challeng... see more