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CEMFI y Barcelona GSE  
Universidad del Rosario  
Candidate in the Economics Department at Washington University in St Louis.Hoja de vida  
Profesor de la Universidad de Viena Hoja de vida  
Universidad Javeriana Co-autor: Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto and CEPR)  
Banco de Canadá   Co-autor:  Julia Schmidt (Banque de France)   
Consultor del BID   Organizador: Banco de la República Lugar: Banco de la República Cali, Cra. 4 # 7 – 14Hora: 04:00 p.m.  
Profesor de la Universidad de Harvard  
Profesor de Pennsylvania State University  
Banco de la República, Medellín Fecha: Jueves, 4 de diciembreLugar: Banco de la República, Calle 8 # 4-30, piso 5 Hora: 10:00 am
Abstract: We estimate annual discontinuities in remotely-sensed crop yields at all international land borders and link them to changes in the economic freedom index by the Fraser Institute, a country-level measure of institutional quality. Each point of the ten-point index increases the...
Abstract: Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa has been largely stagnant over the past half century. The lack of progress is often attributed to the lack of adoption of modern inputs, such as chemical fertilizers and hybrid seeds. We conduct an experiment designed to uncover the...
Abstract: We study the interaction of market structure and tax-and-subsidy strategies utilizing pass-through estimates from the unexpected introduction of a loan tax in Ecuador, a quantitative model, and a comprehensive commercial-loan dataset. Our model generalizes bank competition theories,...
Resumen: Over 2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, a chief cause of child mortality globally. The two leading responses have faced high costs and unreliable quality (piped water) or persistently low demand (point-of-use treatment). In partnership with a private water provider...
Felipe Alves: Economista Senior, Banco de Canadá
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Resumen We present new empirical evidence on the use of capital controls on outflows (CCOs) in times of economic crisis, and develop an associated theory. Our evidence indicates that episodes of CCO implementation coincide with macroeconomic and financial stress. Accordingly, we build a model...
Giovanni L. Violante: Profesor, Dpto. de Economía, Universidad de Princeton
Resumen Low and stable inflation requires an appropriate fiscal framework aimed at stabilizing government debt. Historically, trend inflation is critically influenced by actual or perceived changes to this framework, while cost-push shocks only account for short-lasting movements in inflation....
Resumen The issue of economic inequality began to receive increased attention after the global financial crisis. During that period, the increase in unemployment, the heterogeneous evolution of house and stock prices, and the fall in interest rates all affected households in very different ways.
Olivier Coibion: Profesor de economía, Universidad de Texas en Austin y miembro del NBER
Resumen: El libro “El Laberinto Fiscal de Colombia” analiza las causas del deterioro de las finanzas públicas en los últimos años. Muestra cómo las crecientes rigideces del gasto y el débil desempeño tributario han llevado al uso de estrategias insostenibles, como la sobreestimación de los ingresos...
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Director del Departamento de Cambios Internacionales y Jefe de Apoyo Básico Cambiario del Banco de la República respectivamente. Fecha: viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2014 de 8:00 a.m. a 4:30 p.m. Lugar: Auditorio Centro Colombo Americano, Calle 13N #8-45 Barrio Granada.