Effects of Financial Capital on Colombian Banking Efficiency

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
292
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C23, D24, G21, L11
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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