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El mercado internacional de tejidos de algodón en 1913 y la industria española

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2010

Anna Carreras Marín
Anna Carreras Marín
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Universidad de Barcelona
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Abstract

There are many studies about the export failure of the Spanish cotton industry, but they are mainly focused on specific features of the Spanish economy. This article applies new trade theories to this topic. Taking into account this theoretical framework, the main hypothesis is the imperfect competition of international cotton textile markets in 1913. The econometric model employed in this paper measures the influence of variables such as historical and geographical dependencies, home market effect and product differentiation strategies. This international approach shows new explanations to the lack of an export orientation of the Spanish cotton industry.

Resumen

La escasa orientación exportadora de la industria algodonera española ha sido objeto de un amplio debate en la historia económica. Las aportaciones de los distintos autores a este debate se han centrado fundamentalmente en análisis de las características propias de la economía española. Mi propuesta consiste en enfocar el debate desde la perspectiva de las nuevas teorías del comercio internacional. Bajo este enfoque teórico, se plantea la existencia de competencia imperfecta en los mercados de tejidos de algodón en el período anterior a la Primera Guerra Mundial. Los modelos de competencia imperfecta pretenden ponderar econométricamente variables tales como la dependencia histórica, las influencias geográficas, el mercado interior y las estrategias de diferenciación de producto y segmentación de los mercados. La adopción de un enfoque comparativo a escala internacional permite sugerir algunas claves interpretativas para explicar la escasa relevancia exportadora de la industria algodonera española.

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Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History , Volume 19 , Número extraordinario S1: Los novísimos en la historia económica de España , March 2001 , pp. 111 - 127
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Copyright © Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 2001

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