Mining linkages in the Chilean copper supply network and regional economic development

Miguel Atienza (), Marcelo Lufin and Juan Soto Díaz

Resources Policy, 2021, vol. 70, issue C

Abstract: The geographical expansion and increasing complexity of extractive production imply that the effect of mining linkages on economic development is unevenly felt inter- and intra-nationally. This article uses the linkages-based approach to understand from a multi-scalar perspective the uneven development patterns that could arise within a country related to the mining activity. For this purpose, we analyze the strength and potential quality of the mining linkages in the Chilean regions using information from input-output tables between 1995 and 2011 and a sample of almost 4000 mining services suppliers. Results show that the potential for high quality win-win mining linkages in the Chilean mining regions is very weak something that strongly constrains their possibility of achieving sustainable forms economic development.

Keywords: Mining; Chile; Regional development; Linkages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N56 O54 Q32 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.02.013

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