Bank lending, risk taking, and the transmission of monetary policy : new evidence for Colombia

Ruth Reyes Nidia; José Eduardo Gómez-González; Jair Neftali Ojeda-Joya

Borradores de Economia

Number:

772

Published:

Saturday, 1 June 2013

Classification JEL:

E5, E52, E59, G21

Keywords:

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

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