Efectos de los choques petroleros sobre las economías de Centroamérica y la República Dominicana

This document analyzes the effects of recent oil shocks on the economies of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The general results are as follows. First, oil demand responded elastically to economic activity, and was almost perfectly inelastic to its relative price. Second, statistical analysis suggests that in most cases oil shocks affected economic activity negatively, and pushed prices up. And third, after the increases in the oil price, the corresponding monetary policies tended to be restrictive.