SummaryIn this paper, we analyze the regional competitiveness concept and its measurement using the old and New Trade Theory and the New Economic Geography. The analysis shows that the competitiveness has no sense when is applied to the goods market, while has sense (however, not in all...

Resumen: este artículo examina el impacto de las variables macroeconómicas, de la productividad y de la geografía sobre las exportaciones industriales colombianas durante el periodo 1977-2002, usando datos de la Encuesta Nacional Manufacturera y de Comercio Exterior del DANE. El análisis se...