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Competencia, rendimientos crecientes y exceso de capacidad: la industria siderúrgica mundial (2000-2014)

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  • Pablo Rodríguez Liboreiro

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Tras quince anos de expansión espoleada por una demanda vigorosa, la industria siderúrgica se enfrenta a un problema de exceso de capacidad que afecta a todos los grandes países productores del mundo. Ello se explica a partir de la fuerte competencia que ha caracterizado el desarrollo reciente del sector y que ha obligado a las empresas concurrentes a formar grandes reservas de capacidad para captar mercado frente a sus rivales y a explotar los rendimientos crecientes a escala para rebajar sus costes de producción. Así, la creciente exigencia en términos de escala mínima ha obligado a las empresas a acometer grandes expansiones de su capacidad para cumplir con los requisitos que marca la competencia a escala mundial. La contradicción entre un patrón de expansión como éste, determinado por criterios de eficiencia, respecto de la pauta de la demanda de acero, típicamente cíclica, explica la formación de un gran exceso de capacidad en todo el mundo. ***** After fifteen years of expansion spurred by strong demand, the steel industry is facing an overcapacity problem that affects all major producing countries in the world. This is explained by the strong competition that has characterized the recent evelopment of the sector and has forced competing companies to form large reserves of capacity to capture market against rivals and exploit increasing returns to scale to lower their costs production. Thus the growing demand in terms of minimum scale has forced companies to undertake major expansions of its capacity to meet the requirements set by global competition. The contradiction between this pattern of expansion, as determined by criteria of efficiency, with respect to the pattern of steel demand, typically cyclical, explains the formation of a large excess capacity worldwide.

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  • Pablo Rodríguez Liboreiro, 2019. "Competencia, rendimientos crecientes y exceso de capacidad: la industria siderúrgica mundial (2000-2014)," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, vol. 38(76), pages 137-172, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000093:017475
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    Keywords

    Competition; overcapacity; reserve of capacity; increasing returns; minimum efficient scale; Competencia; exceso de capacidad; reserva de capacidad; rendimientos crecientes; escala mínima eficiente;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing

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