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

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
422
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C0, D31, H4, H22, H24, I3
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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