Semestre Económico: Envíos recientes
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Approaches and debates about natural resources, accumulation and territory
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The paper addresses approaches to the current theoretical debate about activities based on the exploitation of natural resources (RRNN) and their role in the territorial accumulation process of the current cycle of capitalism. ... -
Editorial
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The 51st edition of the Semestre Económico journal is composed by seven articles in which topics belonging to the research fields defined in the scope of the journal are presented, such as economic development, regional ... -
Human scale development of Venezuelan immigrants in San José de Cúcuta
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The present study determines the differences between living conditions of Venezuelan immigrants in the border city of Cúcuta, Colombia, and their comprehension and vision of development from the approach of the human scale ... -
Efficiency of forward as an instrument for exchange risk coverage in companies performing foreign trade operations, 2011-2017
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)This paper evaluates the efficiency of forward contracts derived from the exchange rate of American dollars / Colombian pesos (USD / COP), as a hedging instrument for foreign exchange risk, to which companies that carry ... -
The concept of elasticity and strategies for teaching it in introductory courses of economics
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)This article presents a geometric and algebraical approach to teach the concept of elasticity for undergraduate students with different levels of knowledge in mathematics and pointing out why it is necessary to introduce ... -
Small farmer s integration strategy in the exporting chain
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)Export-oriented agriculture in Peru has significant development, which generates encouraging ex-pectations for economy. In this context, small farmers must be integrated, which is why the article aims to expose what is ... -
Urban land and real estate dynamics. Elements for a critical interpretation in Brazil
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The article discusses urban land markets in the face of conditions and mechanisms of real estate dynamics, a condition for understanding the multiple roles that urban land plays in Brazil: an instrument of political and ... -
Regional deconcentration of industry in Brazil: reasons to celebrate?
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The article analyzes the deconcentration of the industry and its implications in the national territory between 1996 and 2015 and uses a set of indicators, such as rate of industrial transformation (RIT), industry productivity ... -
Financialization of agricultural commodities and agribusiness economics in Brazil: notes on its implications for the rise of land conflicts
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The articulation between commodities financialization and the global race for lands is an essential object of reflection in the contemporary debate. These movements have been associated with multiple processes ranging from ... -
Editorial
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)This special edition of Semestre Económico presents eight articles from Brazilian researchers, which help to trace a broad perspective about the economy of this country within the last twenty years. The papers gathered ... -
Particularities of the Brazilian peripheral capitalism and its recent neoliberalization waves (1995-2018)
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)This work aims at discussing the interpretations that analyze and compare the different approaches of the capitalist system in the 21st century by emphasizing the specific case of peripheral capitalism. We defend the ... -
Brazilian economy at the beginning of the 21st century: deceleration, crisis, and de-industrialization (2000-2017)
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)This article aims at discussing the hypothesis of absolute de-industrialization in Brazil, mainly from the second decade of the 21st century, when the country entered a cycle of deceleration and, subsequently, an economic ... -
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Neoliberalization of infrastructure: regulatory changes and configuration of the Brazilian electric sector (1990-2018)
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The article aims to analyze the rounds of neoliberalization and the configuration of the Brazilian electric sector, resulting from the sectoral reforms of the decades of 1990 and, besides the proposal of privatization of ... -
Theoretical mediations for the analysis of the financialization of space production in Latin America
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The article aims to establish dialogical connections between the abstract-theoretical and the concrete-historical planes of the regional and urban manifestations of the financialization process in the capitalist periphery. ... -
Exports and regional development: a balance of the Kandir Law for Rio de Janeiro, Paraná and Minas Gerais
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de DerechoMedellín, 2019-11-06)The study presents one of the most intense debates in the regional studies of the Brazilian economy: the effects of the Kandir law on the tax collection of the producer states of primary products destined for the world ... -
Variables associated to sales income behavior in the main market squares of Popayán, Colombia
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y AdministrativasMedellín, 2019-09-30)The paper s objective is to analyze how socioeconomic factors are related, businesses characteristics and institutional aspects with the sales income levels of merchants, both formal and informal, of the market squares of ... -
Analysis of government instruments for public policy: communal action boards in Medellin
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y AdministrativasMedellín, 2019-09-30)This paper analyses government instruments for intervening community organizations to study public policy implementation mechanisms mentioned in the 28th municipal agreement of 2014. From such document and based on ... -
Economic growth and CO2 emissions in Latin America, 1990-2015
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y AdministrativasMedellín, 2019-09-30)This article studies the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay from 1990 to 2015. Using the cointegration ... -
Speculative financing of housing in Colombia: an analysis of price dynamics, 2000-2016
(Universidad de MedellínFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y AdministrativasMedellín, 2019-09-30)This paper studies the dynamics of housing prices in Colombia from 2000 to 2016. The non-conventional theoretical foundations for price determination are presented, along with two quantitative strategies: 1) a descriptive ...
