Foreign and domestic firms in Colombia: exports, imports, and external debt

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
355
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
J01
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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