Optimal Policy with Informal Sector and Endogenous Savings

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
833
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
D91, J32, J64, J65
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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