The Revista Galega de Economía/Galician Journal of Economics (RGE/GJE) is published twice a year. It was founded in 1992 and it is promoted by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Its aim is to promote academic research by publishing original articles that meet the highest analytical standards and provide new ideas that contribute to and disseminate economic and business knowledge.  The RGE/GJE is an international peer-reviewed open access journal.  The articles published are related to specialities in the fields of economics and business (marketing and market research, applied economics, financial economics and accounting, economics, sociology and agricultural policy, fundamentals of economic analysis, economic history and institutions, business organization and quantitative economics); it is also open to other fields as long as it contributes significantly to addressing problems of economics and business management. The target audience is made up of academics, researchers, professionals, business executives and public decision-makers.

The RGE/GJE has the quality imprint of the FECYT and is indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI, Dialnet, InDICEs-CSIC, IDEAS-RePEc, REDALYC, REDIB, DOAJ, and ERIH PLUS, among others. It is also included in different tools for the analysis of scientific journals such as MIAR, Latindex or CIRC. 

The articles are published in Galician, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. 

 

2025 Journal Citation Reports

2025-07-08

The Revista Galega de Economía has reached a new milestone in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports!

We are now ranked in Q3 of the "Economics" category, a recognition of our growing impact and commintment to academic excellence. This achievement reflects the collective effort of our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers.

Thank you for being part of our scientific community!

Call for papers. Health Economics: Challenges, Evidence and Policy in a Changing World

2025-06-23

Dear colleagues,

Health Economics is now a well-established discipline, with an active research community in Spain, Latin America and around the world. It has played a key role in addressing the major challenges facing contemporary health systems from a rigorous, evidence-based perspective: Population ageing, an increase in chronic diseases, the integration of emerging technologies, the financial sustainability of public services, health governance, and equitable access. The recent pandemic has further emphasised the importance of robust analytical tools for evaluating the economic impact of health-related decisions and guiding public health policies.

This proposal for a monographic issue invites the submission of high-quality papers exploring health economics from multiple perspectives, with a particular focus on:

  • Studies of the direct, indirect and social costs of prevalent or emerging diseases, which are fundamental to optimising resource allocation.
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses that identify gaps in the literature and consolidate evidence on health interventions.
  • Historical and territorial analyses of health systems that connect structural transformations with the dynamics of supply and demand for health services.
  • Research on management models, efficiency and economic evaluation in the public, private or mixed provision of healthcare.
  • Studies of the relationship between health, the environment and sustainability, considering the health impacts of pollution, climate change and working conditions.
  • Health and wellness tourism is relevant in regions with natural resources and health infrastructure, such as Galicia.
  • Legal and economic studies addressing the regulatory frameworks that influence access, financing and health innovation.

This editorial proposal aims to bring together the extensive network of researchers working in this field, both in Spain, where there are robust research groups in universities and public centres supported by organisations such as AES and SESPAS, and in Latin America, where health reforms and social inequalities necessitate analytical frameworks that integrate economics, health, and social justice.

Deadline for manuscript submission:

Original research is welcome for publication in this issue. All submissions will undergo double-blind anonymous review to guarantee high scientific quality and relevance to the subject. The deadline is 28 February 2026. Accepted articles will be published on-line approximately one month after acceptance.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Manuel Ruiz Adame (mruizadame@go.ugr.es, Universidad de Granada, Spain)

Dr. Bruno Casal Rodríguez (bruno.casal@udc.es, Universidade da Coruña, Spain)

Dr. David Patiño Rodríguez (pato@us.es, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

Dr. Susana Martínez Rodríguez (susanamartinezr@um.es, Universidad de Murcia, Spain)

Galician Journal of Economics 2024 Award

2024-12-16

We are pleased to announce the 2024 Most Cited Paper Awards for the Galician Journal of Economics. This Award go to the research papers published that received the highest numbers of citations according to Scopus in 2022-2024. This year, the Award goes to: 

Santiago-Torner, C. (2024). Influencia del teletrabajo sobre el desempeño creativo en empleados con alta formación académica: la función mediadora de la autonomía laboral, la autoeficacia y la autoeficacia creativa. Revista Galega de Economía32(1), https://doi.org/10.15304/rge.32.1.8788

Congratulations to the award-winning paper and thank to all authors for their contributions to the Galician Journal of Economics! 

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The Transfer of Industrial Product Value to the Service Sector in Mexico's Economic Structure 2000–2018

  • Marco Antonio Marquez Mendoza
  • Oscar Arturo García Gonzalez
Published 14-04-2025

In Mexico, the services sector plays a prominent role in productive activity due to the effects of manufacturing production oriented toward foreign trade. The growth of services has little impact on economic growth due to its low interaction with other sectors and the lack of industry maturity. However, a concerning aspect is the increase in manufacturing production, which heavily depends on the use of imported inputs. The research applies the Input-Output model methodology and Growth Analysis using the Input-Output Tables from 2000 and 2018 published by the OECD to examine the effect of production and the use of factors in the services sector on economic growth. The study concludes that, in the short term, the growth of services is driven by the industry's impact. In contrast, in the long term, services follow a growth path heavily reliant on imported intermediate inputs, similar to industry.

Artificial intelligence, data analytics and big data in marketing and customer and consumer segmentations. Systematic literature review

  • Carlos Mario Berrío-Meneses
  • Vanesa Sanguino-García
  • Jimena Isaza-Álvarez
Published 11-04-2025
Artificial intelligence, data analytics and big data are gaining ground in almost all areas of the business world. However, it is still not entirely clear how these tools are transforming marketing and advertising practices. Nor is there a deep understanding of how these tools are being used in targeting practices. For such reason, a systematic literature review was conducted in which 122 scientific articles sourced from Scopus databases, published between 2018 and 2023, were tracked. It was found that these tools mainly impact continuous improvement processes, but do not clarify how they do so in business strategy. Likewise, segmentation exercises are mainly built on behavioural information of customers and consumers, ignoring other variables such as psychographics.

Model of the Impact of Area Payments on the Engagement and Remuneration of Production Factors in Agriculture

  • Adrian Sadłowski
Published 23-04-2025

Area payments are a key instrument of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. However, their effectiveness as a tool for supporting farmers’ incomes is weakened by the phenomenon of capitalisation. The aim of this study is to identify the mechanism by which area payments stimulate inputs of agriculture production factors and to examine how subsidies granted in the form of area payments are transformed into remuneration for production factors. The research methodology used includes economic modelling and marginal analysis. It is demonstrated that area payments change the allocation of resources compared to the allocation driven by the market mechanism (resulting in a greater engagement of production factors in agricultural production than would be the case in the absence these subsidies) and also affect the level and structure of the remuneration for production factors in agriculture. A theoretical decomposition of the remuneration of production factors into income from non-land production factors and land rent has been carried out.

Pro-environmental behavior in Costa Rica: A case study on price premiums for coffee certification

  • Jorge A. Valenciano-Salazar
  • Francisco J. André
  • Mario Soliño
Published 17-06-2025

This study examines the willingness to pay (WTP) of Costa Rican consumers for certified coffee. Two marketed coffee ecolabels (Fairtrade and Carbon Neutral) are considered, as well as non-marketed environmental certification (ISO 14001) to allow for comparison. A discrete choice experiment reveals that consumers are willing to pay a significant price premium for any of these three certifications. In a context where ensure equitable and sustainable conditions in the production of agricultural goods and taking action to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases is imperative, our results show that certified coffee, particularly fair trade and carbon neutral coffee, receive price premiums from Costa Rican consumers. Thus, eco-labels can serve as a means of promoting more sustainable practices within the coffee value chain.

Environmental disclosure: Mitigation and adaptation using ESG statistics from Latin American public companies

  • Beatriz Rosas-Rodríguez
  • Enrique Kato-Vidal
Published 06-06-2025

Governments and organizations encourage companies to measure and report their environmental impact. However, in Latin America, a standardized framework for companies to disclose environmental information has yet to be established. This article investigates changes in CO2 emission intensity and water usage, as well as the effects of corporate actions related to environmental mitigation and adaptation. To this end, we created two indices—one for adaptation and one for mitigation—using data from 672 publicly listed companies across six Latin American countries from 2017 to 2023. We conducted an analysis using a structural equation model to measure the effects on company value, water usage intensity, and CO2 emissions in relation to sales. The findings suggest that reported mitigation actions effectively reduced companies' CO2 intensity. However, no evidence was found that adaptation actions reduced water usage. These results are based on data from one-third of the listed companies that disclose environmental information. This group invested the equivalent of 0.70% of their sales in sustainability. Addressing climate change moving forward will require deeper engagement in new environmental actions and the involvement of a broader range of companies.

Vol 34 No 1 (2025)

Published: 2025-06-02

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The Effect of Non-Interest Income on Bank Profitability and Risk: Evidence from Turkey

  • Nilgün Acar Balaylar
  • Turan Karımlı
  • Ahsen Emir Bulut
Published: 26-12-2024
Pages 9855

Factors influencing the profitability of small and medium-sized companies in the food sector

  • Estela Rodríguez Quezada
  • Araceli Hernández Jiménez
  • Marisol Cáceda Quispe
  • Fanny Barrantes Santos
  • Carolina Ivón Cartes Cabrera
  • Norma Alejandra Cofré Mella
Published: 16-12-2024
Pages 9939
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