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La crisis colombiana de finales del siglo XX: ¿Un choque real o financiero?
(Universidad de Antioquia, 2011)
Desempeño de las empresas y factores institucionales en Colombia, 2002-2007
(Universidad Externado, 2011)
In this paper, we estimate a dynamic panel data model to determine the effect of various institutional factors on the performance of a sample of Colombian companies during the period 2002-2007. Our results indicate that ...
Does Investment in Schooling Raise National Income? Evidence from Cross-Country Studies
(Universidad EAFIT, 2011)
The economics literature identifies three effects of schooling on national income; the direct effect on the earnings of the workers who receive the schooling and the external effects on workers’ earnings and on physical ...
The Quality vs. the Quantity of Schooling: What Drives Economic Growth?
(Elsevier, 2011)
This paper challenges Hanushek and Woessmann's (2008) contention that the quality and not the quantity of schooling determines a nation's rate of economic growth. I first show that their statistical analysis is flawed. I ...
The Gender Pay Gap Beyond Human Capital: Heterogeneity in Noncognitive Skills and in Labor Market Tastes
(University of Wisconsin, 2011)
Focused on human capital, economists typically explain about half of the gender earnings gap. For a national sample of MBAs, we account for 82 percent of the gap by incorporating noncognitive skills (for example, confidence ...
Anuncios macroeconómicos y mercados Accionarios: El caso Latinoamericano
(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2011)
Valoración de la garantía de pensión en las cuentas de ahorro individual en Colombia
(Universidad nacional de Colombia, 2011)
Do foreign portfolio flows increase risk in emerging stock markets? Evidence from six Latin American countries
(Universidad nacional de Colombia, 2011)
Foreign portfolio flows have been blamed for causing instability in emerging markets, especially during financial crises. This study measured the effect of foreign capital flows on volatility and exposure to world market ...
Arbitraje con ADRs: un estudio de caso sectorial para empresas de Colombia, México, Brasil y Chile
(Universidad EAFIT, 2011)
This research continues the paper “Generalidades de los ADRs: Un estudio de casosectorial para empresas de Colombia, Mexico, Brasil y Chile” [ADRs generalities: a sectorial case study for companies in Colombia, Mexico, ...
