Stratification and Public Utility Services in Colombia: Subsidies to Households or Distortions on Housing Prices?

Carlos Alberto Medina-Durango; Leonardo Fabio Morales

Borradores de Economia

Number:

422

Published:

Friday, 1 December 2006

Classification JEL:

C0, D31, H4, H22, H24, I3

Keywords:

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

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