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The importance of the BRICS group in the specialization of production and export competitiveness of North-East Brazil
- Author(s):
- Araújo, Jevuks Matheus de |
- Vitorio, Lúcia Nunes de Barros |
- Lima, Sergiany da Silva |
- Arruda, Danilo Raimundo de
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 181-196; grafs., tabls.
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This article seeks to identify and analyse the pattern of specialization in the export structure of North-East Brazil in 2003–2014, following the expansion of international trade with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa). The Aliceweb and Trademap database...
The impact of public debt on economic growth: an empirical study of Mexico (1994–2016)
- Author(s):
- Vaca, Jesús |
- Vaca Medina, Gustavo |
- Mora Pérez, César Omar
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 167-180; grafs., tabls.
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Following on from recent literature on the same subject, this paper analyses the impact of public debt on economic growth in Mexico between 1994 and 2016, against a global macroeconomic backdrop of sharp rises in public sector debt indicators, owing to expansionary fiscal strategies adopted after t...
Determinants of labour productivity in Mexico: an approach from the endogenous growth theory using artificial neural networks
- Author(s):
- Díaz Rodríguez, Héctor Eduardo |
- Aroche Reyes, Fidel
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 149-166; grafs., tabls.
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The widespread adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) has increased research on the link between such technology and economic growth. The use of ICT has a significant impact on growth, but studies tend to ignore the determinants of this use and the differing conditions across t...
Anatomy of the Brazilian middle class: identification, behaviours and expectations
- Author(s):
- Clément, Matthieu |
- Fauré, Yves-André |
- Berrou, Jean-Philippe |
- Combarnous, François |
- Darbon, Dominique
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 129-147; tabls.
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This article aims to analyse the composition of the Brazilian middle class and its main behaviours and expectations. Combining a quantitative analysis based on the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) and a qualitative survey carried out among households belonging to the middle class, it reveals...
A regional approach to the study of industrial diversity in Argentina (1996–2012)
- Author(s):
- Belmartino, Andrea |
- Calá, Carla Daniela
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 103-128; grafs., tabls.
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The aim of this paper is to quantify the productive diversity of the manufacturing industry in the provinces of Argentina, to analyse trends in productive diversity between 1996 and 2012, and to identify the main related economic factors. A diversity index is calculated based on official data on to...
The effects of maritime container transport on economic growth in the countries on the west coast of Latin America
- Author(s):
- Freire-Seoane, María Jesús |
- López-Bermúdez, Beatriz |
- De la Peña Zarzuelo, Ignacio
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 87-102; grafs., tabls.
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This paper analyses the effects of changes in maritime container transport, unemployment levels, competitiveness and trade agreements on the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of the countries on the west coast of Latin America. A sample of 23 ports along the west coast is used, with 8 observa...
Corruption, production structure and economic development in developing countries
- Author(s):
- Santos, Helis Cristina Zanuto Andrade |
- Fraga, Gilberto Joaquim
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 63-85; grafs., tabls.
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Corruption has reached alarming levels in recent years and now costs the equivalent of about 5% of global output annually. Given this backdrop, this study sets out to investigate how corruption and the production structure affects the socioeconomic development of developing countries, applying a dy...
Innovation systems and changes in the core-periphery divide: notes on a methodology to determine countries’ trajectories using science and technology statistics
- Author(s):
- Chaves, Catari Vilela |
- Ribeiro, Leonardo Costa |
- Dos Santos, Ulisses Pereira |
- Albuquerque, Eduardo da Motta e
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 43-61; grafs., tabls.
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This paper presents a methodology to evaluate the international position of national innovation systems. Data on patents, scientific articles, population and gross domestic product (GDP) for all countries for 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2012 and 2014 form the basis for the application of this cou...
A comparative analysis of medicine prices in Latin America
- Author(s):
- Alvarez E., Roberto |
- González, Aldo
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 27-41; grafs., tabls.
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This paper compares medicine prices in the six largest economies in Latin America. Using a panel-based econometric model with country fixed effects and controlling for variables related to the medicines’ characteristics, the comparison covers 19,741 units sold during the 2010–2015 period and has be...
Technological change and employment in Latin America: opportunities and challenges
- Author(s):
- Weller, Jürgen
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued
- 2020-04-20
- Physical Description
- p. 7-26; grafs.
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The debate about what kind of impact current technological changes will have on employment is marked by a high degree of uncertainty, as is clear from the existence of widely differing estimates of the possible extent of job destruction. This article looks at various contributions to the analysis o...