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Sectoral investment composition, capital services measurement and growth in Colombia
La composición sectorial de la inversión y su implicaciones en la medición de los servicios del capital y el crecimiento en Colombia
Autor
Perilla, Juan
Piraquive, Gabriel
Institución
Resumen
This is mainly a discussant paper on measurement criteria upon sector’s investment and capitalservices and the way these composition and measurement issues come to have an impact ongrowth figures for some major sectors of the Colombian economy. The main focus is on distinctionmatters regarding the measurement of capital stock and capital services in the productionprocess. The availability of appropriate data, widely discussed throughout the document, impliesthat major affirmations are more hypothetic than indicative or descriptive in style. Moststatements are established as a motivation device for studies on sector’s activities with a focus onconsistency with aggregate figures.