The economic thinking of Chilean engineers: electrification as an enabler of development (1935-1956)

dc.contributor.authorCalcagno, Adriana
dc.coverage.spatialeast=-71.07103930511474; north=-27.340209921130366; name=Chile
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-24T13:22:22Z
dc.date.available2026-03-24T13:22:22Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractEste artículo estudia el pensamiento económico de los ingenieros chilenos que idearon e implementaron los planes de electrificación del país a partir de 1939. Muestra que estos profesionales formularon un pensamiento complejo sobre el desarrollo económico, en el que la electrificación era un elemento indispensable (pero no suficiente) para el desarrollo económico y social de Chile. Vincularon la ingeniería (eléctrica), la economía y la política al abordar los numerosos desafíos que implicaba desarrollar una infraestructura eléctrica robusta y duradera que impulsara el desarrollo industrial del país y mejorara el nivel de vida de la población
dc.description.abstractAbstract This paper studies the economic thinking of Chilean engineers who devised and implemented the country’s electrification plans beginning in 1939. It shows that these practitioners formulated a complex economic development thinking in which electrification was an indispensable (but not sufficient) element for Chile’s economic and social development. They linked (electrical) engineering, economics and politics as they tackled the many challenges of developing a robust and durable electrical infrastructure that could foster the industrial development of the country and improve the population’s standard of living.Keywords. electrification, development, Chile
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Economía Aplicada, Estructura e Historia
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipComisión Europea
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationCalcagno, A. (2026): The economic thinking of Chilean engineers: electrification as an enabler of development (1935-1956). Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 13(1), 91-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/ijhe.104626
dc.identifier.doi10.5209/ijhe.104626
dc.identifier.essn2386-5768
dc.identifier.issn2386-5768
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.5209/ijhe.104626
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/134263
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleIberian journal of the history of economic thought
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final104
dc.page.initial91
dc.publisherEdiciones Complutense
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/ 101040475
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.jelB2
dc.subject.jelO1
dc.subject.jelQ3
dc.subject.keywordElectrification
dc.subject.keywordDevelopment
dc.subject.keywordChile
dc.subject.keywordElectrificación
dc.subject.keywordDesarrollo
dc.subject.ucmDesarrollo económico
dc.subject.ucmElectricidad
dc.subject.unesco2202.03 Electricidad
dc.titleThe economic thinking of Chilean engineers: electrification as an enabler of development (1935-1956)
dc.titleEl pensamiento económico de los ingenieros chilenos: la electrificación como facilitadora del desarrollo (1935-1956)
dc.typejournal article
dc.type.hasVersionVoR
dc.volume.number13
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