Based on satellite photos of night light from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, and using the methodology proposed by Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (2012), this paper measures the economic growth of the main 15 beach tourist areas in Mexico for the period from 1993 to 2017. This...

This paper analyzes Bolivia's long-term economic growth between 1950 and 2015, identifying its proximate causes through a growth accounting exercise, which considers the direct and indirect effects of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) on GDP per worker. The novelty is that the measurement of TFP...

Spanish Abstract: A pesar del carácter exógeno de la crisis sanitaria debida al COVID-19, su intensidad y persistencia podrían provocar un impacto negativo sobre el crecimiento económico a largo plazo. Este artículo ofrece una discusión exhaustiva sobre los diversos canales a través de...

This paper analyzes Bolivia's long-term economic growth between 1950 and 2015, identifying its proximate causes through a growth accounting exercise, which considers the direct and indirect effects of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) on GDP per worker. The novelty is that the measurement of TFP...

Based on satellite photos of night light from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, and using the methodology proposed by Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (2012), this paper measures the economic growth of the main 15 beach tourist areas in Mexico for the period from 1993 to 2017. This...

The aim of this paper is to understand the agricultural sector in Mexico by looking at the way productive factors are being used and its technical efficiency. By means of data envelopment analysis, the empirical evidence shows that the northern states of the country are leaders in the sector,...

Spanish Abstract: La mayor importancia relativa que han adquirido los mercados emergentes (ME) tiene profundas y complejas implicaciones sobre el orden mundial. En este momento, la dimensión económica es posiblemente la más fácil de apreciar. De hecho, al analizar los próximos diez años...

Spanish Abstract: El ritmo de crecimiento económico japonés fue sustancialmente mayor que el exhibido por el conjunto de las economías desarrolladas entre 1985 y 1995; posteriormente ha sido menor. ¿Qué explica esta declinación relativa? De acuerdo con los resultados econométricos de un...

The paper discusses different attempts to measure economic growth in Europe before the Industrial Revolution. It is argued that the figures published by Angus Maddison probably overestimate growth between 1000 and 1820. Next, a method for simulating long-term patterns of growth is presented, and...

El IPG es un indicador que busca medir el bienestar económico desde una perspectiva contable. Su comparación con el PIB, actualmente el indicador más usado para medir el crecimiento y el bienestar económico, arroja como resultado que el nivel de bienestar está sobrestimado y por tanto el...