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Emisora UdeA
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Research group

Spanish

Applied Microeconomics Group

Academic Unit: Faculty of Economics

Colombian Ministry of Science

Class

A

Call

894

GrupLAC

OECD

Discipline

Social sciences

Subdiscipline

Economics and business

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Strategic Focus

The group contributes to the Colombian environmental policy and the policy to mitigate criminal incomes, understand structural conflicts, and make cities more inclusive, competitive and sustainable. It is developed through the evaluation of the social cost and the evaluation of the current market structures. We offer advice on large research programs about environmental risks associated with climate change, study on supply and demand determinants, proposals on more efficient incentive mechanisms, redesign, and consolidation of relevant sectors.

Research Areas and Topics

  • Regulation of public utility service companies.
  • Economics of Institutions.
  • Study on supply and demand of public services.
  • Economics of Education.
  • Environmental and agrarian economics.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Jorge Barrientos Marín, Ph.D

Ph.D. in Economics.

Universidad EAFIT.

Group Coordinator Email

Jorge.barrientos@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

  • Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • School of Engineering UdeA.
  • Universidad del Rosario.
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
  • Waste Mangement Company (Empresas varias de Medellín).
  • UPME.
  • Governor’s Office of Antioquia.
  • Universidad de los Andes.
  • City of Medellin.

Notable Projects

  • Economic and environmental impact of land use: Basis for an environmental policy of incentives in agro-industrial production systems.
  • Generation of the methodology for updating and calculating the generation cost indicators of electrical energy.
  • Determination, characterization, and estimation of criminal income in Medellin.
  • Measurement and analysis of academic lag of universities.
  • Environmental economic evaluation of alternatives of using regional renewable resources for the generation of electric power.

Main Research Results

  • Spatially differentiated environmental taxes in Colombia: A theoretical general equilibrium model with natural capital. DOI: 10.15446/cuad.econ.v37n74.61553
  • On the estimation of the price elasticity of electricity demand in the manufacturing industry of Colombia. DOI: https://bit.ly/2CuK1qY
  • Informality, city structure and rural–urban migration in Latin America. DOI: https://bit.ly/2E1YXxf
  • Economy, criminal income, and public policies in Medellin. Microeconomics Group Book (Economía, rentas criminales y políticas públicas en Medellín. Libro del grupo de microeconomía. DOI: https://bit.ly/344kArO
  • Economic valuation of noise reduction due to vehicle traffic: An application for Medellín.

Research Portafolio

  • Expert advice.
  • Analysis services.
  • Environmental economic evaluation.
  • Redesign and recommendations of environmental policies.

More Information

https://bit.ly/3s4TV78

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