I am an economist at the Central Bank of Colombia with research interests in empirical industrial organization, competition policy, and applied microeconomics. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics.
Contact: jhflorez@gmail.com
Publications:
"Multiproduct retailing and consumer shopping behavior: The role of shopping costs", International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 68, 2020, with Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Université Paris-Dauphine.
"Do preferences for private labels respond to supermarket loyalty programs?", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 188, 2021, pp. 183-208.
Working papers:
"Minimum Markup Laws and Multiproduct Pricing", with Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Université Paris-Dauphine.
[draft]
"The effects of two-way lending between financial conglomerates in bilateral repo markets", with Karoll Gómez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Carlos Cañón, Bank of England.
"Materials prices, market power, and the rise in processed food inflation in emerging markets: Evidence from Colombia", with Margarita Gáfaro, Alejandra González, and Sebastián Vélez, , Central Bank of Colombia
[draft, submitted]
"Vertical control and retail price stability: Evidence from the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry", with Renzo Clavijo, Universidad EAFIT.
Other publications/Policy documents (in Spanish):
"Análisis empírico de los efectos económicos de la colusión: lecciones para Colombia", Ensayos sobre Política Económica, No. 35, 2017, with Karoll Gómez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
"Barreras de acceso al crédito a pequeños productores agropecuarios en Colombia", with Margarita Gáfaro, and others, Ensayos sobre Política Económica, No. 109, 2025 [link]
Selected work in progress:
"Coordination Incentives of Tariff-Rate Quotas", with Mayara Felix (Yale University), and Diego Jiménez-Hernández (Chicago FED).
“Choice Frictions in Pharmaceutical Markets: The Case of Hormonal Contraceptives”, with Santiago Ortiz (Toulouse School of Economics), Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes (Universidad del Rosario), and Natalia Serna (Stanford University).
"Expanding Credit through Public Guarantees: Evidence from Agricultural Lending Markets", with Margarita Gáfaro and Alejandra González, Central Bank of Colombia.