Spanish Abstract: En este trabajo se intenta mostrar que las modificaciones en los tipos de cambio tienen efectos limitados en el aumento del producto, mientras que, inversamente, esos cambios impactan especialmente en la distribución del ingreso al incidir en los precios domésticos. Se...

Spanish Abstract: En este artículo se hace un análisis comparativo entre la diversificación de la canasta exportadora de El Salvador hacia los Estados Unidos y hacia Centroamérica. Se utiliza el máximo nivel de desagregación disponible y se organizan los productos de acuerdo con la...

The economic slowdown experienced in Colombia since 1980 is explained by the structural stagnation of the national economy and the escalation of violence associated with the expansion of drug trafficking. The available data do not reject this hypothesis. The article sustains that...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento realiza una breve revisión de la literatura de ciclos económicos, metodologías usadas para identificarlos y lo que se ha escrito respecto a Colombia. Con el uso del filtro econométrico de Hodrick y Prescott aplicado al Producto Interno Bruto, se halló cuatro...

Many researchers and economists have argued that competitiveness studies conducted by WEF and IMD, show limitations in small-economies, even more when they have different characteristics. The objective of this research is to study the competitiveness of three small-economies: Puerto Rico, Costa...

This paper displays an analysis of the economic growth rates of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico during the period 1961-2017. Explanations related to total factor productivity and to capital ac- cumulation are here contrasted in a context of growth external constraint. The following...

Studies in economic growth have focused on the convergence hypothesis for regions, territories and groups of countries. The main idea is that on the long run, the poorer regions would catch up to the richer in terms of Gross Domestic Product Per Capita. This paper analyses the economic...

We develop an endogenous growth model with three goods, exportable, importable and non-tradable. We study the response of the real exchange rate and of the economy growth rate to a decrease in the tariff rate. We show that trade liberalization must be followed by a depreciation of the real...

We develop an endogenous growth model with three goods, exportable, importable and non-tradable. We study the response of the real exchange rate and of the economy growth rate to a decrease in the tariff rate. We show that trade liberalization must be followed by a depreciation of the real...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de este trabajo fue explicar el mayor o menor ritmo de crecimiento de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) en las principales economías del este asiático y latinoamericanas entre 1960 y 2015. Encontramos evidencia econométrica favorable a una hipótesis:...