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

Número: 
422
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Clasificación JEL: 
C0, D31, H4, H22, H24, I3
Palabras clave: 
Targeting of subsidies, Incidence, stratification, Segregation

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