Failing and Merging as Competing Alternatives during Times of Financial Distress: Evidence from the Colombian Financial Crisis

José Eduardo Gómez-González; Juan Carlos Mendoza-Gutiérrez De Pi

Borradores de Economia

Number:

588

Published:

Monday, 1 February 2010

Classification JEL:

G21, G33, C25

Keywords:

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

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