An Estimation of the Nonlinear Phillips Curve in Colombia

Number: 
160
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E31, E37
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

As originally drawn and estimated by professor Phillips, the Phillips, curve is a curve indeed, not a straight line as often thought. Following Laxton, et. al. (1999) we estimate a convex Phillips curve and model de NAURI as a variable that is unobserv