About a Coincident Index for the State of the Economy

Fabio H. Nieto; Luis Fernando Melo-Velandia

Borradores de Economia

Number:

194

Published:

Saturday, 1 December 2001

Classification JEL:

C51, C82, E32

Keywords:

Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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