This paper highlights a long-standing debate on whether openness does help economic efficiency in the light of the data for Chilean manufacturing industry. To do so, we analyse the TFP growth during the period of the abrupt trade reform in the seventies. This data base provides evidence favoring...

This paper adressess growth measurement within the traditional growth accounting framework, by relating growth in labor productivity and growth in total factor productivity (TFP) to economic policies. Additionally, the relationship between TFP and measurement of human capital and scale economies...

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the degree of regional economic convergence in the Southern Cone, using regional data of Argentina and Chile during the 1960-1985 period. This study found a more rapid convergence in the case of Chile than in the case of Argentina (which could be...

This brief overview highlights some of the most relevant aspects addressed in the different papers, concerning a wide range of countries in the world, in this especial issue devoted to economic growth. All papers have a common core: how economic policy affects growth, especially emphasizing the...

En este artículo se construye una serie homogénea del stock de capital de la economía chilena entre 1960 y 1984. El enfoque metodológico básico es el desarrollado por Arnold Harberger. En los casos en que este método no es aplicable por falta de información, se desarrollan métodos...

There are several arguments in the literature regarding that more open economies would grow faster in the long term. Nevertheless, the channels through which openness increases growth have not been clearly identified in empirical analysis. In this article, we study if outward orientation...

China´s import penetration in Chilean markets is higher in unskilled-labor intensive sectors as predicted by traditional endowment-based theories of comparative advantage. However, there is also evidence of within-industry specialization. In particular, high-income countries receive higher...