Productivity and structural position in the Spanish capital goods

  1. Fernando Luengo Escalonilla 1
  2. Manuel Gracia Santos 1
  3. Lucía Vicent Valverde 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Actes de conférence:
XIV Reunión de Economía Mundial

Éditorial: Universidad de Jaén. Servicio de Publicaciones

ISBN: 978-84-8439-641-3

Année de publication: 2012

Type: Communication dans un congrès

Résumé

This paper analyses the structural position of the Spanish capital goods industry in order to approach the macroeconomic factors that determine the productivity gap with the main competitors in the EU. It is approached from a set of indicators that reveal the strengths and weakness of its commercial insertion in three dimensions: technological level, quality and export sophistication. The evolution of these indica-tors shows a structural lag of this industry, even taking into account the existing productive diversity.

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