Why Justice is Unresponsive to Crime: The Case of Cocaine in Colombia

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
87
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
K42, C81, H56
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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