The COVID crisis has generated an unprecedented fiscal response as the total resources assigned to attend the pandemic globally has reached $11 trillion, according to the World Economic Forum. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has not been an exception. Taken together, the announced measures in LAC amount, on average[1], to 8 percent of the region’s GDP as stated by the … [Read more...] about How Fiscal Rules Can Reduce Sovereign Debt Default Risk
Jose E. Gomez-Gonzalez
Jose E. Gomez-Gonzalez
Jose E. Gomez-Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the Universidad de La Sabana in Chía, Colombia. Formerly he worked for the Central Bank of Colombia, where he held several senior-level positions such as Director of the Department of Market Operations and Development, and Senior Research Economist. He specializes in financial economics, real estate finance, and applied econometrics. His research has been published in leading academic journals including The Lancet, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Housing Economics, Finance Research Letters, International Finance, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Economic Modelling, Empirical Economics, and Contemporary Economic Policy.