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

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
167
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E31
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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