Illegal gold economy in peru: socioeconomic effects

Authors

  • Víctor Torres Cuzcano Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/pc.v19i2.11113

Keywords:

Gold, market concentration, illegal and informal mining, tax evasion

Abstract

The paper analyzes the main developments operated in the domestic gold market so far this century. In particular, it stops at the deconcentration in the productionand export of this metal occurred amid the mining boom experienced by the country since late 2002 until very recently. It also discusses the expansion of illegal and informal gold mining, amid the sustained rise in the international price of gold that supported the mining boom and productive weakening of large mining. In this framework, quantified and valued the illegal and informal gold production and its impact on tax revenues.

Author Biography

  • Víctor Torres Cuzcano, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
    Doctor en Economía por la Universidad La Sorbona (París I - Francia). Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UNMSM.

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Published

2014-12-31

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How to Cite

Illegal gold economy in peru: socioeconomic effects. (2014). Pensamiento Crítico, 19(2), 177-219. https://doi.org/10.15381/pc.v19i2.11113