Se analiza en este trabajo la dinámica de la productividad de la industria colombiana en el período 1981-2002. Para ello se realizan cálculos de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) usando técnicas semiparamétricas con datos a nivel de planta. Se muestra que la productividad...

International tendencies in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) show that transnationalization process increased quickly in the last years. Uruguay showed in the nineties a good capacity of attract FDI. However, since the economic recovery after the 2002 crisis, the country saw huge amounts of FDI....

The objective of this paper is to identify the factors that influenced the trade deficit of the Dominican Republic for the period 2000-2014. For them, the role of the real exchange rate, private consumption and foreign direct investment are examined using a ordinary least square model (OLS) and...

This paper presents the calculation of the added value of Colombia's exports and Valle del Cauca in 2016. Through the use of product input matrices, it was found that the added value of Colombian exports, measured as a percentage of the value Total exports was 86.5%. For Valle del Cauca, this...

This paper presents the calculation of the added value of Colombia's exports and Valle del Cauca in 2016. Through the use of product input matrices, it was found that the added value of Colombian exports, measured as a percentage of the value Total exports was 86.5%. For Valle del Cauca, this...

This work links a gravity model and a welfare analysis through an empirical application to the solar energy transition in Chile. First of all, an econometric estimation is made using a gravity equation of the commercial flows of photovoltaic parts and components required in the solar industry to...

Este documento analiza los grandes cambios en las principales áreas de política económica estructural en América Latina entre 1985 y 2009 y presenta un conjunto de índices que intentan medir qué tan favorables son para el libre funcionamiento de los mercados las políticas comercial,...

Using a gravity model, this article presents an analysis of aggregate trade flows aimed at identifying China's impact on Latin America's trade. The results obtained indicate that: i) China's growth in the last years implied a growing supply of exports to this market from most countries in the...

Recent trends in foreign investment and massive purchase of land in the world indicate that developing countries concentrate the largest proportion of hoarding. Although some advanced countries acquire land, it is not clear that they become major investors. The article highlights the existence...

Este trabajo presenta un modelo multivariado para explicar la dinámica de tres fuentes de fondos de vital importancia para los países en vías de desarrollo, a saber: las remesas, la inversión extranjera directa (IED) y los ingresos provenientes de las exportaciones. El modelo fue estimado...