Natural Gas and Inequality in Bolivia
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https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.20042320Keywords:
Gas sales, BoliviaAbstract
The increase in Natural Gas sales to Brazil in the coming years will bring about substantial changes in the Bolivian economy. In this paper, we use a general equilibrium model to simulate the changes that will occur in the Bolivian economy and will consider the distributional impacts that are likely to arise from these economic changes.
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