Evidence of Bank Lending Channel for Argentina and Colombia

José Eduardo Gómez-González; Fernando Grosz

Borradores de Economia

Number:

396

Published:

Thursday, 1 June 2006

Classification JEL:

E5, E52, G2

Keywords:

Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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