¿Es el grado de competitividad de los países independiente de su grado de desigualdad? ¿Es la competitividad una cuestión sólo de eficiencia microeconómica y sectorial, del tipo de cambio real, o es también una cuestión social? Hasta ahora los trabajos que se encuentra en la literatura han hecho abstracción del problema de la equidad en la determinación de la competitividad de los países. Pero entonces no han podido explicar plenamente la competitividad observada. En este artículo se incorpora la equidad en la función de producción y también en las decisiones de los inversionistas en un mundo …
Is the degree of competitiveness of countries independent of their degree of inequality? Is competitiveness only a question of microeconomic and sectoral efficiency, of the real exchange rate, or is it also a social question? So far, the specialized literature has ignored the problem of equity in the determination of countries' competitiveness. It has then been unable to provide a full explanation of the competitiveness actually observed, however. In this article, equity is incorporated into the production function and also into investors' decisions in a world of perfect mobility of …
International experience shows that costfree replication and adoption of industrial best practices on a universal basis is a misconception. Rather, it is a matter of a progressive and reciprocal adaptation between external and local practices in which learning costs and times, as well as the need for public and private cooperation, are essential. The potential for convergence of policies, practices and institutions triggered by globalization appears to be greater at the macroeconomic than at the microeconomic level. This article examines such issues in a general way and then focuses on the di…
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