María del Mar Miralles Quirós, José Luis Miralles Quirós, Julio Daza Izquierdo
{"title":"EMPRESAS TECNOLÓGICAS Y POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE DESARROLLO REGIONAL EN BRASIL","authors":"María del Mar Miralles Quirós, José Luis Miralles Quirós, Julio Daza Izquierdo","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aims to analyze the growth of technology companies in Brazil in 2002-2013. To do so, we use Gibrat's law, otherwise known as the Law of Proportionate Effect (<span>lpe</span>) and the panel data model, which allows us to control unobservable heterogeneity. However, unlike the previous empirical evidence, this study takes into account the effect of the recent financial crisis and profitability on business growth. The main results show that in times of crisis, public policies could allot some resources available to help some of the smaller, more profitable, and least indebted technology companies to boost economic growth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 61-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49509900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LA TRAMPA DE LIQUIDEZ, HISTORIA Y TENDENCIAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN: UN ANÁLISIS BIBLIOMÉTRICO","authors":"Eva Ugarte, Josefina León, Gilberto Parra","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In a liquidity trap, the conventional expansionary monetary policy is not an effective way to stimulate economic activity. The orthodox Keynesian model poses a situation of this sort as an extreme case, which has been used to justify the importance of fiscal policy. This paper aims to conduct a qualitative and quantitative analysis (using bibliometric techniques) to explore the recent literature about the liquidity trap. The way in which the number of publications in the period 1973-2015 evolved points to the economic events (Japanese depression in the nineteen-nineties and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis) that revived academic interest in studying this topic. We believe that these results offer a very accurate schematic overview of the current research agenda.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 165-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45793792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NOSTALGIA DEL “VIEJO BARRIO”","authors":"Alicia Girón","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42087665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EL ESTADO Y EL CAPITAL FINANCIERO EN ARGENTINA ENTRE 2002 Y 2012. LA DEUDA PÚBLICA","authors":"Marisa Bordón","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to elucidate the role of financial capital in the dynamics of the Argentine economy between 2002 and 2012, this paper analyzes several aspects of the relationship between financial capital and the State. “Debt reduction” partially dismantled public debt as the backbone of speculative activity, although it maintained its profitability and priority position in economic policy decision-making. On the other hand, financial regulation contributed to keeping the mechanism of debt and did not significantly alter the central role played by financial capital.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 83-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41328121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INNOVACIONES SOCIALES PARA TERRITORIOS “INTELIGENTES”: ¿FICCIÓN O REALIDAD?","authors":"Jairo Parada","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This essay explores the theoretical arguments regarding the existence of “smart” territories, a recently-developed concept based on notions related to the knowledge society and knowledge economy, sustainable development, and social inclusion. This paper examines the preconditions necessary to make it possible for this type of territorial space to emerge in relation to the economic development underpinning it, as well as the right type of social structure, qualities required for human agency, and the social innovations demanded for such purpose. Finally, as a case study, this paper provides an empirical analysis of such conditions on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, drawing some final conclusions and recommendations from it.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 11-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42316472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EMPRESAS DE SOFTWARE EN MÉXICO Y SUS VÍNCULOS DE DESARROLLO LOCAL","authors":"Jordy Micheli, Rubén Oliver","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper sets out to characterize the business dynamics of the software industries located in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Tijuana, beginning with a survey administered by the authors to 175 companies located in the aforementioned cities in 2014. The literature about this industry in Mexico has tended to favor theoretical approaches to innovation and learning and their subsequent application to local cases. This work relies on the logic of clusters (Porter, 1998) and therefore analyzes relationships with the local market in terms of sales and usage of human, financial, and informational resources, revealing regional differences in business dynamics. One important difference is the weight of local competition in Mexico City as compared with the two other cities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 37-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46149885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MIGRACIÓN DE TALENTOS COMO ESTRATEGIA DE DESARROLLO: MÉXICO-JAPÓN","authors":"Alejandro Méndez Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The international migration of qualified human resources is one of the pillars of immigration governance. Immigration policies set instruments for organizing and managing these human resources to attract skilled workers and international students in a context of global competitiveness. The main component influencing the dynamics of international migration flows to Japan is the transnational labor market of skilled resources, as well as the mechanisms that shape it. The objective of this paper is to describe the socioeconomic factors that shape, drive, and lend context to the mobility of skilled workers. The main question to answer would be: What are the characteristics of the main factors shaping migration flows between Mexico and Japan?</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 137-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42117643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EL (INCOMPLETO Y BREVE) REGRESO DE LA POLÍTICA INDUSTRIAL: EL CASO DE ARGENTINA 2003-2015","authors":"Pablo Lavarello","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Against the backdrop of global economic growth, the widening of technology gaps, and the adverse evolution of prices for industrialization, Argentina is one of the countries in Latin America that has seen the (partial and temporary) return of public policy to the economic policy agenda. This paper poses the hypothesis that in spite of the revival of industrial policy actions and instruments to promote technological capabilities and foster a framework of incentives favorable to industrialization, a new industrial policy has failed to emerge in light of weak coordination and the absence of a senior body in the hierarchy to implement it.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 190","pages":"Pages 109-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.06.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45804289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pablo Mejía Reyes, Miguel Ángel Díaz Carreño, Reyna Vergara González
{"title":"RECESIONES DE MÉXICO EN LOS ALBORES DEL SIGLO XXI","authors":"Pablo Mejía Reyes, Miguel Ángel Díaz Carreño, Reyna Vergara González","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper uses an episodic approach to contrast the causes, transmission mechanisms, and policy responses involved in Mexico's two recent major recessions in 2001-2003 and 2008-2009 and explain their different characteristics. Both recessions were derived from speculative bubbles in specific sectors in the United States and engendered analogous episodes in the Mexican economy as a result of a high degree of integration. Even so, the former was longer due to exogenous shocks (terrorist attacks and China's accession to the World Trade Organization (<span>wto</span>)), which exacerbated plummeting manufactures, but the latter more profound due to the effects of the credit collapse. This evidence attests to the limitations of domestic economic policy and the Mexican economy's acute vulnerability to external shocks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 189","pages":"Pages 57-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49439978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DESEMPLEO EN AMÉRICA LATINA: ¿FLEXIBILIDAD LABORAL O ACUMULACIÓN DE CAPITAL?","authors":"Luis Fernando García, Moritz Cruz","doi":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Unemployment in Latin America fell substantially in 2000-2013, which, from the standpoint of conventional theory, would be the outcome of reforms designed to make the labor market more flexible. On the other hand, a post-keynesian perspective would maintain that a dropping unemployment rate is due to rising capital accumulation. This paper aims to determine which of these theoretical visions is supported by the empirical evidence. The panel data results suggest that capital accumulation is the variable that explains the majority of the behavior of unemployment. The policy recommendation based on this evidence is to keep investment growing via instruments that stimulate effective demand.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35889,"journal":{"name":"Problemas del Desarrollo","volume":"48 189","pages":"Pages 33-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rpd.2017.04.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45608930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}