This paper aims to analyze the relationship between innovation and per capita economic growth over the long-run for 12 Latin American countries for the period 1996-2015. This study uses six different indicators of innovation. Using Granger causality test, the study finds the presence of unidirectional and bidirectional causalities between innovation and per capita economic growth. These results vary. Latin America is a diverse region, depending upon the types of innovation indicators that we use in the empirical investigation process. It is important to note that all these innovation indicators are considerably linked with per capita economic growth.

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Objetivo: Analizar el flujo de inversión extranjera directa de la República Popular China desde el 2008 al 2017 en 7 países latinoamericanos: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México, Perú y Uruguay. Método: La investigación es de tipo cuantitativo, no experimental, longitudinal de panel, de alcance descriptivo y explicativo. Se analizaron las siguientes variables: Producto Interno Bruto, balanza comercial, instituciones, inflación, distancia de Beijing a la capital del país latinoamericano y los recursos naturales, desde el 2008 al 2017. Resultados: Los resultados de la investigación muestran que la única variable que por el momento atrae la inversión china a Latinoamérica es el tamaño de la economía. Conclusiones: Por consiguiente, se concluye que aquellos países que cuenten con un PIB más elevado, serán mayormente atractivos para la deslocalización de la inversión China.

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Many studies confirm the impact of financial development on the macro economy, but systematic studies of the impact of financial development on corporate exports is still lacking. Based on the quasi-natural experiment established by city commercial banks, this paper uses micro-data of Chinese industrial enterprises from 1998 to 2013 and adopts a double difference method to test the impact of the development of local financial institutions on corporate exports. The results show that the establishment of city commercial banks has significantly increased the export participation rate and total export volume of manufacturing enterprises in the city where they are located; comparatively speaking, its impact on the export expansion margin of industrial enterprises exceeds the intensive margin. At the same time, the study also found that the above-mentioned influences exist in both long-term and short-term, and in enterprises of different sizes and attributes. These findings provide new evidence for understanding the relationship between local financial development and corporate exports.

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