Continuities and Discontinuities in the Fiscal and Monetary Institutions of New Granada 1783-1850

Jaime Jaramillo; Adolfo Enrique Meisel-Roca; Miguel Urrutia Montoya

Borradores de Economia

Number:

74

Published:

Monday, 7 July 1997

Classification JEL:

E62, G20

Keywords:

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

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