Capital Flows and Financial Assets in Colombia: Recent Behavior, Consequences and Challenges for the Central Bank

Hernando Vargas-Herrera; Carlos Varela

Borradores de Economia

Number:

502

Published:

Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Classification JEL:

E50, F32, F41

Keywords:

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

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