Bank lending, risk taking, and the transmission of monetary policy : new evidence for Colombia

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
772
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E5, E52, E59, G21
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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