In this paper, we introduced the pretopological approach to characterize and rank endogenous variables from a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM). Pretopological spaces are mathematical structures that enable the possibility to establish a ranking among elements of a set, once we lay down the binary...

There are several theories about the causes of inflation but none of them is capable of explaining the phenomenon in all cases. We started with an overview of the main theories. In the particular case of Venezuela, it seems that the inflationary phenomenon responds to structural factors rather...

As a component of a research project aimed at characterizing the Venezuelan industry, this paper is a contribution to the evaluation of technical efficiency and its determinants for the manufacturing sector. With this purpose in mind we use the concept of X-inefficiency. For the evaluation, we...