Introduction

Abstract

The 52nd issue of Semestre Económico is composed of seven articles, six derived from research and one of them from a reflection. These articles tackle different economy matters defined in the journal’s research fields such as environmental economy and sustainability, regional development and competitiveness, business economy, economic development and the study of macroeconomics and public sector aggregates. The authors in this number are sixteen in total: thirteen of the Colombian, two off them Mexican and one of them Argentinian.