Safeguarding Policy andiIts impact on the footwear sector productivity City Ambato Tungurahua Province

Abstract

This research analyzes the effect of fiscal policy (customs safeguard) in the productivity of small and medium enterprises in the footwear sector of the city of Ambato Ecuador, productivity is calculated by the relationship between the sector's revenues (sales) and the use of inputs such as labor, energy, capital, materials and other expenses). To determine the interference of the protectionist policy on productivity has been considered a sample of 333 small and medium footwear enterprises of the city, which by contrast variables is determined that fiscal policy affects the productivity of the footwear industry , besides knowing if determining the competitiveness of this important province of Tungurahua sector. The research is descriptive because what is intended is to detail specific characteristics in terms of sales volume of these small and medium enterprises.