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Universidad EAFIT
Carrera 49 # 7 sur -50 Medellín Antioquia Colombia
Carrera 12 # 96-23, oficina 304 Bogotá Cundinamarca Colombia
(57)(4) 2619500 contacto@eafit.edu.co

Docentes e investigadores EAFIT Santiago Tobón

Santiago Tobón

Área de Políticas y Desarrollo

Información general

Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes 

Contacto

  • ​Correo electrónico/e-mail: stobonz@eafit.edu.co​​
  • Dirección/address: Carrera 49 N 7 sur 50, Medellín-Colombia. Bloque 26, oficina 26 - 220
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Resumen CV / Summary

Profesor de Economía en la Universidad EAFIT en Medellín, Colombia. Antes de incorporarse a la Universidad EAFIT formó parte de una beca postdoctoral en el Instituto Pearson de la Universidad de Chicago y en el Programa de Innovaciones para la Acción contra la Pobreza, la Paz y la Recuperación.

Professor of Economics at Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia. Before joining Universidad EAFIT he was part of a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago Pearson Institute & Innovations for Poverty Action Peace and Recovery Program.


Intereses académicos e investigativos / Research and Teaching Interest

​My research interests lie in the fields of development economics and political economy. I use experimental and quasi-experimental methods to study crime, violence and public policy in developing countries.

Estudios realizados / Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in 2018
  • M.A. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in 2017
  • M.A. in Economics from Université catholique de Louvain in 2012
  • M.B.A. from Universidad EAFIT in 2011 
  • B.A. in Computer Science from Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia in 2007.

Publicaciones / Publications

Journal articles

  • "Do better prisons reduce recidivism? Evidence from a prison construction program," forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics. [Paper | Replication | Outreach: El Espectador, Razón Pública]
  • "Place-based interventions at scale: The direct and spillover effects of policing and city services on crime," forthcoming Journal of the European Economic Association (with Chris Blattman, Donald Green and Daniel Ortega). [Paper | Online appendix | Teaching materials | Outreach: J-PAL Policy Reports]
  • "The Deterrent Effects of Surveillance Cameras on Crime," forthcoming Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (with Santiago Gómez and Daniel Mejía). [Paper]
  • "Hot Spots Policing in a High Crime Environment: An Experimental Evaluation in Medellín," forthcoming Journal of Experimental Criminology (with Daniela Collazos, Eduardo García, Daniel Mejía and Daniel Ortega). [
  • r]
  • [Paper]
  • (2020) "Meta-Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Deficiency," Pediatric Transplantation, 24(6), e13774 (with Lina Castano-Jaramillo, Jose Bareno-Silva and Andres Escobar-Gonzalez). [Paper | Outreach: Twitter thread]
  • (2018) "The role of land property rights in the war on illicit crops: Evidence from Colombia" World Development, 103, p. 268-283 (with Juan Carlos Muñoz and Jesse D'Anjou). [Paper | Outreach: IDS Policy Briefings]​

Selected work i

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Journal articles in Colombian journals

  • (2019) "El gasto fiscal de la guerra contra los portadores de drogas ilícitas: Una aproximación para Colombia," Lecturas de Economía, 91, p. 79-116 (with Isabel Gutiérrez). [Paper]
  • (2014) "The Rational Expectations Hypothesis: An Assessment on its Real World Application," Ecos de Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics, 18(37), p. 37-47. [Paper]

  • (2013) "Impuesto predial y desarrollo económico. Aproximación a la relación entre el impuesto predial y la inversión de los municipios de Antioquia," Ecos de Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics, 17(36), p. 173-198 (with Juan Carlos Muñoz). [Paper]​

Book chapters

  • (2018) "La situación del narcotráfico en Colombia ad portas del posconflicto," Contribuciones de la Universidad a la Agenda de La Habana, Edited by: Jorge Giraldo. Ed: Universidad EAFIT (with Isabel Gutiérrez and Gustavo Duncan). [Chapter]
  • (2017) "El Ciclo Criminal del Microtráfico y Consumo de Drogas: Contexto Nacional y Consecuencias en Entornos Locales," Territorios y Sociabilidades Violentas: Santo Domingo, San Juan, Sao Paulo, Cali y Medellin. Edited by: Jorge Giraldo. Ed: Universidad EAFIT (with Isabel Gutiérrez). [Chapter]

  • (2017) "Evaluación y seguimiento a las actividades de la policía de vigilancia," Gestión Territorial de la Seguridad en el Posconflicto. Edited by: Isabel Gutiérrez. Ed: Universidad EAFIT y Escuela de Postgrados de Policía, Policía Nacional (with Isabel Gutiérrez). [Chapter]

  • (2016) "La inversión obligatoria y el crédito agropecuario en Colombia," El desarrollo equitativo, competitivo y sostenible del sector agropecuario en Colombia. Edited by: Carlos Gustavo Cano, Ana María Iregui, Maria Teresa Ramírez & Ana María Tribín. Ed: Banco de la República (with Dairo Estrada and Paula Zuleta). [Chapter]

  • (2013) "Instituciones y cultivos ilícitos," Economía criminal y poder político, Edited by: Jorge Giraldo. Ed: Universidad EAFIT. [Chapter]​


Other publications

  • (2018) "What works to prevent violence among youth? A white paper on youth violence, crime prevention and the Mexican context," USAID Report, AID-523- C-15-00002 (with Thomas Abt, Chris Blattman and Beatriz Magaloni). [Report, Spanish version, Policy brief]
  • (2016) "Sector Wide Impact Assessment on Human Rights: Mining Unseen," Institute for Human Rights and Business Report (with Luis Fernando De Angulo, Camila Miranda, Blanca Llorente, Natalia Torres, Alejandra Castillo, Margaret Wachenfeld, Andreé Viana and Viviana Arango). [Report]​


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