We estimate wage differentials across different sectors of the Mexican economy. The results suggest that the wage differential between the formal and informal sectors is significant and larger than the differential between industry and services. The findings suggest that significant differences...

Este ensayo aborda dos temas: el papel de las empresas transnacionales en la disputa por la hegemonía mundial y la competencia entre las principales empresas del mundo. La primera parte está dedicada a la discusión sobre la hegemonía, subrayando la importancia del conflicto social en la...

The ZOLCCYT was created to foster productive development within a competitive territory, accordingly, to promote local development process in Merida state through a unique system of preferential tax and customs exemption. The paper´s objective is to analyze and evaluate the ZOLCCYT with respect...

The potentially anticompetitive nature of some practices driven by professional organizations has been approached in economic literature and appears as an important issue in the antitrust organism’s agenda. However, empirical economics lacks of a self-regulated professionals analysis. This...

Este artículo analiza el papel que ha desempeñado la Federación Nacional de Cafeteros en el funcionamiento de la política económica del país, especialmente en lo concerniente a la política cambiaria. El estudio se centra en el período 1923-1973 y concluye que este grupo influyó...

This paper explores the relation between activities in the Bolivian economy as suppliers and demanders of intermediate inputs, this whit the purpose to determine which activities have great impact on the rest of the economy and which ones are less integrated. For this, Rasmussen indexes are...