Foreign and domestic firms in Colombia: development and trends 1996-2003

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
354
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
J01
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

This is the second of three papers investigating the differences between foreign and domestic firms in Colombia. The study uses a dataset containing annual balance sheets and income statements for a sample of 3,452 firms for the period 1996 to 2003. This