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<journal-id>2619-6573</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ensayos de Economía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ens. Econ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2619-6573</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2619-65732019000100029</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/ede.v29n54.79184</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Recursos no renovables, diversificación y actividad económica en los departamentos de Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Non-Renewable Resources, Diversification and Economic Activity in the Departments of Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pacheco Flórez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Melisa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saldarriaga Isaza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adrián]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>29</volume>
<numero>54</numero>
<fpage>29</fpage>
<lpage>52</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2619-65732019000100029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2619-65732019000100029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2619-65732019000100029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo se discute qué tan deseable es la diversificación económica para el desempeño económico de los departamentos de Colombia en el periodo 1985-2013. En cuanto a la teoría económica se refiere, la causalidad entre estas dos variables es ambigua. Para ayudar a entender esta causalidad, los datos disponibles se analizan a la luz de dos corrientes teóricas: estructuralismo y el enfoque neoclásico. Se evidencia que la gran concentración en la extracción de minería e hidrocarburos ha estado asociada positivamente con la tasa de crecimiento del PIB per cápita, coincidiendo con un desplazamiento de las demás actividades productivas y extractivas. Dada la alta -co-relación positiva entre las variables analizadas, independientemente del enfoque bajo el cual se lleve a cabo el análisis, los resultados econométricos obtenidos serán significativos. Se discuten brevemente las implicaciones de estos resultados para la política económica y una futura agenda de investigación. JEL: O13; O54; Q32; Q38.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this paper we discuss whether economic diversification is desirable for the economic performance of Colombian departments for the period 1985-2013. Economic theory is ambiguous regarding the causality between these variables. In order to shed some light on this causality, we analyze the available data under two different theories: structuralism and the neoclassical approach. The evidence shows that a high concentration in the extraction of minerals and hydrocarbons is positively related to the growth rate of GDP per capita, what coincides with a reduction in other productive and extractive activities. Due to the high correlation between both variables, any econometric analysis shows significant results, no matter the theoretical framework used in the analysis. We briefly discuss the implications of these results for economic policy, and a future research agenda. JEL: O13; O54; Q32; Q38.]]></p></abstract>
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