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View article: Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics: A critical appraisal
Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics: A critical appraisal Open
View article: Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018
Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018 Open
We introduce a new database of historical Genuine Savings (GS), an indicator of sustainable development promoted by the World Bank and widely used in contemporary economic research.GS derives from the theoretical work on wealth accounting,…
View article: TRIBUTACIÓN DE RECURSOS NATURALES. EL CASO DE LA TRIBUTACIÓN MINERA (Taxation on Natural Resources. The Case of Mining Taxation)
TRIBUTACIÓN DE RECURSOS NATURALES. EL CASO DE LA TRIBUTACIÓN MINERA (Taxation on Natural Resources. The Case of Mining Taxation) Open
View article: Is Economic Growth Sustainable? Conflicting Signals from International Organisations
Is Economic Growth Sustainable? Conflicting Signals from International Organisations Open
View article: Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018
Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018 Open
View article: Does natural resource extraction compromise future well-being? Norwegian Genuine Savings, 1865-2018
Does natural resource extraction compromise future well-being? Norwegian Genuine Savings, 1865-2018 Open
In recent years Genuine Savings (GS) has emerged as an indicator of weak sustainability and predictor of socio-economic well-being. This paper presents the first long-term GS estimates for Norway, covering the period from 1865 until 2018. …
View article: Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850s–1930s
Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850s–1930s Open
The resource curse literature has established that taxation of natural resources might limit the long-term development of fiscal capacity in resource-rich countries. This article explores if, and how, natural resource abundance generates f…
View article: Marijn Molema and Sara Svensson. Regional Economic Development and History. London, Routledge, 2019, 208 pp.
Marijn Molema and Sara Svensson. Regional Economic Development and History. London, Routledge, 2019, 208 pp. Open
View article: ¿Estamos valorizando correctamente los recursos naturales? El caso del cobre chileno en perspectiva histórica (1800 – 2021).
¿Estamos valorizando correctamente los recursos naturales? El caso del cobre chileno en perspectiva histórica (1800 – 2021). Open
Durante el año 2021 se ha producido un aumento significativo del precio del cobre en los mercados internacionales. Este fenómeno genera una serie de preguntas, como si este valor será sostenido en el tiempo y cómo se compara el precio actu…
View article: The energy transition in the Swedish iron and steel sector, 1800 - 1939
The energy transition in the Swedish iron and steel sector, 1800 - 1939 Open
This article analyses the particular energy transition of the Swedish iron and steel sector (1800- 1939), a relevant actor in the European context during the nineteenth and twenteenth century. The Swedish iron and steel sector is an intere…
View article: Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850-1939
Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850-1939 Open
The resource curse literature has established that the taxation of natural resources might limit the long-term development of fiscal capacity in resource-rich countries. This article explores if, and how, natural resource abundance generat…
View article: Behind copper prices: a historical perspective 1850 - 1950
Behind copper prices: a historical perspective 1850 - 1950 Open
Commodityprices and their secular trendsare at the core of many different development theories, particularly relevant for the Latin American region, likethe Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, the natural resource curse theory or the somehow malth…
View article: Machinery prices during the second Industrial revolution: An international comparison of capital goods, 1850 – 1939
Machinery prices during the second Industrial revolution: An international comparison of capital goods, 1850 – 1939 Open
Machinery prices are a crucial part of the history of catching up, technological progress and the industrial revolution diffusion. However, the efforts to obtain an international price for capital goods have been scattered and the majority…
View article: Energy and machines. Energy capital ratios in Europe and Latin America. 1875–1970
Energy and machines. Energy capital ratios in Europe and Latin America. 1875–1970 Open
The relationship between energy and capital is one of the most important
\naspects of modern economic growth. Machines need energy to produce all
\nthe goods we enjoy; energy would be far less useful for humankind in
\nabsence of machines.…
View article: Natural Resources Curse in the Long Run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic Countries’ Mirror
Natural Resources Curse in the Long Run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic Countries’ Mirror Open
The new estimates of the Maddison Project show that GDP per capita ratio at purchasing power parity (ppp) between Bolivia and Finland has changed from 0.68 ca. 1850 to 0.16 in 2015; similarly, that between Chile and Norway from 0.65 to 0.2…
View article: Natural Resources Curse in the long run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror
Natural Resources Curse in the long run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror Open
Were there extreme differences between Latin American and Nordic countries in the 19th century? Several economic indicators suggest the right answer is no. In the year 1850, the GDP per capita ratio between, for example, Bolivia and Sweden…
View article: Machinery and horsepower prices, 1850-1913
Machinery and horsepower prices, 1850-1913 Open
"The debate on industrial revolution (IR) has been focused on the incentives behind investment deci- sions and how the preliminary conditions to allow this phenomena were situated in England. One of the most famous and original theories to…
View article: Guillermo Guajardo and Alejandro Labrador, eds. La empresa pública en México y en América Latina: Entre el mercado y el estado. México DF, Mexico: UNAM/INAP, 2015. 372 pp. ISBN 978–607–02–5854-1, $16 (Spanish, paper).
Guillermo Guajardo and Alejandro Labrador, eds. La empresa pública en México y en América Latina: Entre el mercado y el estado. México DF, Mexico: UNAM/INAP, 2015. 372 pp. ISBN 978–607–02–5854-1, $16 (Spanish, paper). Open
Guillermo Guajardo and Alejandro Labrador, eds. La empresa pública en México y en América Latina: Entre el mercado y el estado. México DF, Mexico: UNAM/INAP, 2015. 372 pp. ISBN 978–607–02–5854-1, $16 (Spanish, paper). - Volume 18 Issue 2
View article: Un siglo de expansión y divergencia. Inversión en maquinaria en una economía periférica Chile 1830 – 1938
Un siglo de expansión y divergencia. Inversión en maquinaria en una economía periférica Chile 1830 – 1938 Open
The economic development of Chile represents an interesting case of divergence and convergence with developed countries. In the late nineteenth century, its GDP per ca-pita was comparable with some countries of the European periphery and f…
View article: Growth, inequality and extraction in Ibero-American democratizations
Growth, inequality and extraction in Ibero-American democratizations Open
Will democracy improve the distribution of economic welfare? Do dictatorships leave long-run legacies behind? In this paper we explore four Ibero-American countries with some common historical traits, but also different contexts: Spain, Po…
View article: Non-residential capital stock in Latin America. 1875-2008
Non-residential capital stock in Latin America. 1875-2008 Open
This work offers non-residential capital stock estimation for major Latin American economies – Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico - made towards a homogeneous method. This work covers the whole twentieth century and the years of the XXI c…