This search covers the following moments: (1) a constellation of argument models is presented, with the purpose of highlighting which characteristic of the debate they should be kept in mind when analyzing written texts or oral speeches in different activities of the daily life (2) the...

The present document tries to explain the territorial dimension as factor of the economic development, considering the theoretical support of the new economic geography and incorporating a methodology of analysis from models of optimization. Complementing such a methodology, there get in the...

This paper measures and compares the Intraindustry Trade (IIT) levels between Colombia and its main economic regions with the Andean Community (AC). It finds that this trade has been overestimated in previous studies due to geographical and aggregation biases. The nature of IIT is predominantly...

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...

This paper analysis new hypothesis about the effects off regional integration on the MERCOSUR countries. From characterizing the initial patterns of specialization, it discusses the relevance of centre-periphery agglomeration hypothesis. It argues that the economic integration could increase the...

The purpose of this paper is to present the major contributions of Paul Krugman to economic theory. It shows the contribution and influence that articles of 1979 and 1991 have exerted on the renewal of trade theory and the emergence of new economic geography. In these articles, Krugman...

Actualmente casi todos los envíos internacionales necesitan emplear más de un tipo de transporte desde su punto de origen hasta su destino final. Cada uno de los tipos mundiales de transporte de carga y pasajeros ha desempeñado un papel esencial en la facilitación de la diversificación...

Este trabajo analiza si los costes irrecuperables de exportación difieren según el mercado de exportación y como ello afecta a la decisión de exportar de las empresas españolas. Dado que las pequeñas y medianas empresas presentan características distintas a las grandes empresas,...

Este trabajo investiga y encuentra una influencia positiva de la inversión extranjera directa (ED) sobre la importancia del comercio intra-industrial (CII) en los sectores manufactureros españoles. Los sectores participados mayoritariamente presentan índices de CII superiores a la media y en...

En el presente trabajo se analiza el comportamiento del comercio intraindustrial (CII) de los subsectores representativos de la industria del Valle del Cauca con los países de Ecuador y Venezuela para el período 1980-2006 a través del índice Greenaway y Milner y el índice de Brülhart. De...