The Revista Económica (RVE) is an academic publication managed by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas and the Club de Investigación de Economía of the Universidad Nacional de Loja. The objective of the RVE is to disseminate the contributions of researchers in economics and related fields every six months.  The target audience of the RVE is researchers, teachers, students and those responsible for economic and social development policies. The topics of interest of RVE are applied economic growth and development models, applied regional economics, applied environmental economics, regional development policy, policy impact assessment, and in general, all research that contributes to the understanding of the dimensions of development problems.