The Effects of Punishment of Crime in Colombia on Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Human Capital Formation

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
774
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
K42, H56, C21
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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