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

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
502
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E50, F32, F41
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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