Badia-Miró, MarcYáñez, César2016-12-222017-11-302015-110004-8992https://hdl.handle.net/2445/105102Mining cycles have had an enormous impact in the evolution of the localisation of economic activity, in particular of industry, in Chile. The nitrate cycle was characterised by a labour-intensive extraction process and activity which was geographically very concentrated. The copper cycle was geographically more dispersed and its activity more capital-intensive. We stress the role played by the State in the latter de-concentration due to the impact of regional development policies and assess the importance of factor endowments and agglomeration economies, in the localisation of the manufacture.21 p.application/pdfeng(c) Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd and the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2015Política industrialHistòria econòmicaNitratsLocalització industrialXileIndustrial policyEconomic historyNitratesIndustrial locationChileinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6545852016-12-22info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess