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Highlights of publications
Do curfews for juveniles decrease the homicide rate? Evidence from Cali-Colombia (joint with Enrique Javier Burbano and Maria Isabel Zafra) Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2020.
Illicit activity and money laundering from an economic growth perspective: A model and an application to Colombia (joint with Norman Loayza and Martha A. Misas) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 159, pages 442-487, 2019.
Oil palm development and forced displacement in Colombia: Causal or spurious? (joint with Monica Hurtado and Catherine Pereira-Villa), Cuadernos de Economía, Universidad Nacional, Volumen 36, Número 71, p. 441-468, 2017.
Inflation Targeting and an Optimal Taylor Rule for an Open Economy: Evidence for Colombia 1990-2011 (joint with Martha A. Misas and Andrés Felipe Giraldo) Latin American Journal of Economics, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 41-83, 2014.
Economic Growth, Armed Conflict and Organized Crime. Evidence from Colombia 1988 to 2009 (joint with Manuel Moscoso and Jorge A. Restrepo). In Book: Social and Economic Costs of Colombia´s Armed Conflict. How to Construct a Sustainable Postconflict? Editors: María Alejandra Arias, Adriana Camacho, Ana María Ibáñez, Daniel Mejía y Catherine Rodríguez. Universidad de Los Andes, 2013.
Poverty Traps, Economic Inequality and Delinquent Incentives (joint with Andrés Salazar) Cuadernos de Economía, Vol. 32, No. 61. Special Edition on Inequality, Polarization and Social Conflict. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2013.
Democratic Security Policy and Extrajudicial Executions (joint with Ernesto Cárdenas) Revista Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Vol. 31, No. 71, Banco de la República de Colombia, 2013.
Reconstructing the Recent Monetary Policy History of Colombia from 1990 to 2010 (joint with Andrès Felipe Giraldo and Martha Misas), Ensayos de Politica Economica, Vol. 30, No. 67, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, 2012.
Kidnap Risks and Migration: Evidence from Colombia (joint with Catherine Rodriguez) Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 25, Issue 3, 2012.
The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-prison Conflicts? (2010) Chapter 7. The Economics of Crime: Lessons for & From Latin America (joint with María Laura Alzúa and Catherine Rodríguez). Edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research
Does Mother’s education matter in child’s health? Evidence from South Africa (joint with Catherine Rodríguez and Patricia Medrano). South African Journal of Economics Vol. 76:4, 2008.
Working Papers
Does security spending cause economic growth? (joint with Martha A. Misas and Andrés F. Giraldo), 2021.
An optimal non linear Taylor rule in an inflation targeting regime: A structural approach, (joint with Martha A. Misas and Andrés F. Giraldo), 2021.
The effort in reducing the gender pay gap (joint with Luz Karime Abadia and Ernesto Cárdenas), 2021
A Hotelling-Downs-Schumpeter voting model with an application to Colombia (joint with Enrique Burbano and Marcello Sartarelli), 2021.
Do Bans on Carrying Firearms Work for Violence Reduction? Evidence from a Department level Ban in Colombia (joint with Manuel Moscoso and Jorge A. Restrepo), 2020.
Political Exclusion, Inequality and Civil Wars (joint with Ernesto Cárdenas), 2020.