Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theoretical Issues in the Study of Deindustrialization; The Importance of Manufacturing in Economic Development; Points of Departure for the Study of Deindustrialization; The Chilean Economic Policy Context; Notes; 2 The Evolution of the Manufacturing Sector: 1974-1982; The Extent of the Decline in Chilean Manufacturing; Efficiency and Deindustrialization; Notes; 3 Sources of Structural Change in the Manufacturing Sector; Opening Domestic Markets to International Trade
Financial Reform: Domestic Liberalization and Opening to International MarketsNotes; 4 Case Studies; The Bankruptcy Procedure and Its Impact on a Sample of Firms; Reactions and Adjustments of Bankrupt Firms: Some Case Studies; Questionnaire; Notes; 5 Characteristics of the Industrial Recovery: 1983-1986; The Macroeconomic Context; The Evolution of Employment and Industrial Output; The Role of Industry During Periods of Recovery; The Performance of Maximum Capacity Output and the Degree of Capacity Utilization; The Recovery of the Industrial Groups that Deteriorated Most During 1975-1982
Characteristics of Industrial GrowthConclusions; Notes; Conclusions and Implications of the Study; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book analyzes the performance of the manufacturing sector in Chile from 1974 to 1982, looking specifically at the effect of the "neoconservative" or "monetarist experiment" implemented in Chile during that period on the behavior of the Chilean industrial sector
