A Regional Economic Policy for Colombia

Juan David Barón; Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena; Peter Rowland

Borradores de Economia

Number:

314

Published:

Monday, 1 November 2004

Classification JEL:

E52, E31

Keywords:

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

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