Publication: Naturaleza económica de la lengua
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2006
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Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI)
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La pertenencia a una comunidad lingüística tiene efectos económicos al afectar a los costes de transacción con los que se realizan las operaciones económicas, al definir los componentes de identidad y cohesión social de una comunidad y al sustentar toda una serie de actividades (industrias culturales) generadoras de renta y empleo. Ahora bien, la lengua tiene una serie de características específicas como recurso o activo económico, que la diferencian de aquellos en los que el mercado puede operar con eficiencia. Esas características aproximan a la lengua en un bien público de club: con costes de acceso, pero ausencia de rivalidad en su uso. En el presente trabajo se discuten aquellas características que otorgan singularidad a la lengua como recurso económico. De forma más específica, se explora su naturaleza de bien público de club, estudiando los beneficios y costes que aparecen asociados a la pertenencia a un determinado club lingüístico. Finalmente, se analizan de forma más precisa los factores que podrían condicionar el comportamiento eficiente de un agente al decidir su acceso a un determinado club lingüístico; y se discuten los componentes que determinan el tamaño óptimo de una comunidad lingüística.
Being part of a linguistic community has economic effects since it affects transaction costs of economic operations, it defines identity social cohesion components of a community, and it supports a series of activities (cultural industries) that generate income and employment. However, the language has a series of specific characteristics of economic resource or asset, that make it different the ones in which the market can operate with efficiency. These characteristics make the language a club public good: with accessing costs but lack of rivalry in its use. In the present work we discuss the characteristics that give the language its singularity as economic resource. More specifically, we explore its nature as club public good, by studying costs and benefits associated to the membership of a particular linguistic club. Finally, we analyze, in a more precise way, factors that might condition efficient behaviours of an agent in deciding its access to a particular linguistic club; and we discuss the components which determine a linguistic community optimum size.
Being part of a linguistic community has economic effects since it affects transaction costs of economic operations, it defines identity social cohesion components of a community, and it supports a series of activities (cultural industries) that generate income and employment. However, the language has a series of specific characteristics of economic resource or asset, that make it different the ones in which the market can operate with efficiency. These characteristics make the language a club public good: with accessing costs but lack of rivalry in its use. In the present work we discuss the characteristics that give the language its singularity as economic resource. More specifically, we explore its nature as club public good, by studying costs and benefits associated to the membership of a particular linguistic club. Finally, we analyze, in a more precise way, factors that might condition efficient behaviours of an agent in deciding its access to a particular linguistic club; and we discuss the components which determine a linguistic community optimum size.