La relación entre apertura y crecimiento económico: nuevos debates de un viejo asunto

• Alejandro Torres ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Católica de Pereira

     Universidad Católica de Pereira

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Revista Gestión y Región, ISSN 1900-9771, Nº. 5, 2008, págs. 7-36
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    La discusión de la relación entre el grado de apertura comercial de un país y su nivel de crecimiento económico es tan antigua como el surgimiento de la economía como ciencia. Sin embargo, a pesar de los extensos debates que el tema ha suscitado, en la actualidad la evidencia empírica obtenida no aporta una conclusión única sobre el asunto. El objetivo de este trabajo es ofrecer una revisión, tanto teórica como empírica, de los principales trabajos a nivel internacional que han dado pie a este debate y sus principales consideraciones al respecto, entre las que se destaca la importancia adquirida por las variables geográficas e institucionales.

  • English

    The discussion about openness and growth is as old as the Economics as science. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence does not offer an accurate conclusion on the subject. The objective of this paper is to offer a theoretical and empirical survey of the main works about this question and its main conclusions, specially the importance of geographical and institutional variables.

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