Revisiting Latin America's debt crisis: some lessons for the periphery of the eurozone
A Domar–Pasinetti model of an emerging-market open economy with output growth endogenous to aggregate demand is presented, with foreign debt, interest and exchange rates playing a relevant role in the dynamics of the debt-to-GDP ratio (d). The model is used to assess the macroeconomic effects of the orthodox policy (fiscal austerity) implemented by policy makers to cope with the foreign debt crisis of Latin America in the 1980s. Such policy involved high costs in terms of welfare, job and output losses to no avail, since the region's financial fragility remained largely unresolved, in the end resulting in the so-called 'lost decade'. The main policy insight of Domar's and Pasinetti's analysis, we argue, posits a pro-growth expansionary policy as the most efficient strategy to abate and bring d to a sustainable path. Finally, we contend that Latin America's experience provides insight for dealing with the ongoing crisis of the periphery of the eurozone. Copyright , Oxford University Press.
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2013
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Authors: | Capraro, Santiago ; Perrotini, Ignacio |
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Cambridge Journal of Economics. - Oxford University Press. - Vol. 37.2013, 3, p. 627-651
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Oxford University Press |
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