Over the last century, Chile has experienced a demographic and economic transformation that has shaped its economic geography. This article examines the evolution of the chilean urban system between 1885 and 2002. We estimate changes in the Zipf coefficient and the stability of the hierarchy of...

As countries develop, the persistency of a high level of spatial concentration may become a source of inefficiency and constrain national growth. . The primacy of the main cities has persisted In Latin America, despite high urbanization rates and significant increases in GDP per capita. This...

In regions whose industrial structure is organized around one or more large firm corporations, the best practices of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) depend on where firms are located in the supply chain. This paper studies 351 SMEs in the Antofagasta Region in Chile between 2007 and 2008,...