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- Title
Los ferrocarriles y su impacto sobre la economía colombiana.
- Authors
Ramírez, María Teresa
- Abstract
Recently in Colombia has emerged a new interest in explaining some facts in economic history within the context of cliometrics. However, the analysis of transportation infrastructure and its impact on the Colombian's economic development has not received enough attention. The objective of this paper is to close this gap, after all transportation developments is a central topic in the study of country's economic history. This paper provides a new database that contribute to the study of transportation developments in Colombia. The main contribution is to demonstrate that railroads did not play an overwhelming role in Colombia's economy during the first half of the twentieth century.
- Publication
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian & Latin American Economic History, 2001, Vol 19, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0212-6109
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0212610900008946