Fernando García-Quero- PhD
- Associated Professor at University of Granada
Fernando García-Quero
- PhD
- Associated Professor at University of Granada
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Introduction
I graduated in Economics in 2007 at the University of Granada (Spain). In the same University I obtained my Master´s degree in Development Studies (2009) and completed my Ph.D. in 2012. Now, I am lecturer in the Applied Economics department at the University of Granada, Campus of Melilla.
My research attempts to demonstrate the need to go beyond conventional economic theory in order to lend realism and humanism to positive economics. However I am not merely interested in questions that would now be categorized as economic issues. My research has been mainly focused on heterodoxal political economy, political philosophy, well-being indicators and more currently in what some authors have referred to as “alternatives to development”
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March 2008 - present
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The recent publication of “Institutions and Economic Development: Theory, Policy and History” (Chang 2011a) has stimulated a thought-provoking debate, and has brought forth a wide-ranging demonstration of the theoretical arsenal of the new institutional economics. The debate proves that, as of yet, no satisfactory theory of institutions has been ar...
This paper aims to criticize the common idea which sustains that current neoclassical economics is detached from ethics, and therefore is scientific knowledge. Using Kantian critical philosophy, we argue, on the contrary, that neoclassical economics is based on certain ethical postulates, and thus it cannot obtain the status of science. Although et...
This research paper addresses the endemic dimensions of having or not having a good life using a concept of poverty based on self-reported subjective well-being. We build a subjective well-being poverty (SWBP) line and compare it with two income poverty (IP) lines. The endemic dimension comes from rural Ecuador and the indigenous happiness idea of...
Will COVID-19 only widen the social and climate injustices in the rules governing world trade and economy? The answers to this question will depend on whether it is possible to reformulate the current development agenda to address the structural causes of such injustices, or whether it remains focused on poverty alleviation and climate change mitig...
The literature on the relationship between happiness and prosocial behavior has traditionally focused on assessments of happiness without delving into people’s perceptions of what constitutes a happy life. Conceptual Referent Theory (CRT) draws on philosophical frameworks to propose eight distinct happiness constructs. In this study, we investigate...
This research examines the influence of Prebisch's work on contemporary academic debates in development studies. To this end, a systematic literature review of studies published in the main development studies journals over the period 20102021 was conducted. A total of 139 articles were located and analyzed thematically. The articles were categoriz...
PERCEPTIONS project (Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Research and Innovation action, Grant Agreement No 833870).
This work revaluates the determinants of value generation in a post-industrial economy through an analysis of olive oil cooperatives in the protected designation of origin (PDO) “Sierra Mágina.” A qualitative methodological approach based on thirty semi-structured interviews and one focus group is used. A thematic analysis is conducted using codes...
The attack of the traditions of political economy upon the orthodox economics is directed at the pillars supporting its political philosophy and at the core of its deductive and individualist methodology. This criticism challenges the current mainstream economics research frontier, which includes the notions of ‘new’ institutional economics, among...
Esta es una versión en castellano del artículo "Coral Guerrero, Carmen. A., García-Quero, Fernando y Guardiola, Jorge. (2021) What Is Sumak Kawsay? A Qualitative Study in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. Latin American Perspectives. 48(3): 35-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X211004913". El texto es anterior a la traducción, edición y maquetaci...
A qualitative study of the main characteristics of sumak kawsay ( buen vivir, living well/good life) in the Ecuadorian Amazon shows that it has four constitutive elements of which a multitude of interpretations coexist: an indigenous and nature-focused worldview, community, an economy based on solidarity, and ancestral knowledge. Understandings of...
PERCEPTIONS project (European Union’s H2020 Research & Innovation Programme, Grant Agreement No 833870).
The Andean indigenous way of life Sumak Kawsay (living well in Kichwa) is related to reciprocity, solidarity, collective participation, social justice, and harmony with nature and with the community. This paper uses a representative national sample in Ecuador to assess how certain features of Sumak Kawsay relate to subjective well-being. In this ve...
This paper examines how social preferences develop with age. This is done using a range of mini-dictator games from which we classify 665 subjects into a variety of behavioural types. We expand on previous developmental studies of pro-sociality and parochialism by analysing individuals aged 9–67, and by employing a cross country study where partici...
Current discussions about education suggest that a transformative pedagogy that goes beyond the acquisition of knowledge and skills is needed. However, there is no agreement as to the inputs needed for a correct development of the educational model. In this sense, we can identify the presence of two different approaches to human and social capital...
La publicación del Real Decreto-ley 14/2012 de medidas urgentes de racionalización del gasto público paralizó la convocatoria de plazas de profesorado universitario. En muchas ocasiones la urgencia que lleva a reivindicar la necesidad de que se reactiven cuanto antes las promociones e incorporaciones de nuevo profesorado, hace olvidar que no basta...
This article reflects, in the context of the international economic crisis, on the impact of decreases in remittances on the development of Morocco. For this is explored 2008- 2009 as our period of study: analyzing causes, consequences and the actions initiates by the country in this new situation. Based on an analysis of documents and official sta...
This paper illustrates the importance of a balanced approach to sustainable development through the analysis of needs-based workshops in Granada, a Spanish city hit hard by the recent economic crisis. The workshops followed Max-Neef's Human Scale Development proposal that highlights the interdependence of social, economic and environmental systems...
The recent debates on the role of institutions in development are revealing two major theoretical currents: the “New Institutional Economics” and the “Institutional Political Economy”. The New Institutional Economics, whose most notable representatives are Nobel prizes Ronald Coase, Douglass North, Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom, have been tho...
The objective of this article is to provide an innovative and dynamic technique to teach strategic behavior in one of the most characteristic traits of the oligopolistic market: the cartel, in particular the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel. We propose a classroom game consisting of a role playing game with 12–48 students...
Subjective wellbeing, economic policies, environmental protection, community, food sovereignty, Buen Vivir This post discusses a recent article published in Ecological Economics that provides a quantitative approach to assessing whether the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of Ecuadorian people is dependent on income and employment or on more distinctive...
Este artículo aborda la crisis económica actual desde la óptica de sus consecuencias sobre la pérdida de derechos humanos en las sociedades supuestamente más desarrolladas del mundo. Situándose en el caso concreto de España, el objetivo principal del trabajo es mostrar y analizar el enorme retroceso que como resultado de la implantación paulatina d...
This paper studies the current economic crisis from the viewpoint of its consequences on the loss of human rights in the supposedly more developed societies of the world. Focusing on the specific case of Spain, the main objective is to show and analyze the enormous reversal of second-generation human rights as a result of the gradual implementation...
This work identifies the institutional changes, caused by economic depressions, which have determined the path dependence of Spanish economy during the last century.
En este trabajo se presenta una experiencia basada en el método de encuestas para la detección de las dificultades que encuentran los estudiantes de primer curso de Grado, en el proceso de aprendizaje por competencias. Este método posibilita un feedback entre profesorado y alumnado para compartir observaciones, preocupaciones y sugerencias durante...
This paper discusses the economic crises in Spain, from the Great Depression to current recession. Institutional economics offers the theoretical framework for identifying and analyzing the institutions and the rules of the game that have triggered or aggravated the economic crises. This work identifies the institutional changes, caused by economic...
Para comprender las verdaderas causas de la crisis económica mundial en la que aún estamos inmersos, es necesario abordarla dentro del proceso de integración del sistema financiero internacional, entendido como la evolución del régimen económico capitalista contemporáneo. El presente trabajo analiza la crisis actual desde esa perspectiva, mostrándo...
