Subsidy-Led Growth in A Fortified Port: Cartagena de Indias and the Situado, 1751-1810

Adolfo Enrique Meisel-Roca

Borradores de Economia

Number:

167

Published:

Friday, 1 December 2000

Classification JEL:

E31

Keywords:

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

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