Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138704329 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 188 str.

Sheila A. Gutierrez De Pineres; Michael J. Ferrantino

Opis

This title was first published in 2000: This text aims to be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the microeconomic foundations behind the Latin American export boom, the ways in which government policies affecting exports may retard or promote economic growth, and the future prospects of the proposed Free Trade Association of the Americas. The authors conduct an econometric analysis which uses measures of export diversification, structural change in exports, and exports similarity which provide a basis for region-wide comparisons. The cases of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela are analyzed in particular detail. Cross-country analysis focuses on the potential role of export diversification in promoting economic growth, in the context of other important determinants of growth.

Spis treści

Export diversification trends; the commodity composition of export portfolios; export diversification and structural dynamics in the growth process - the case of Chile; export sector dynamics and domestic growth - the case of Colombia; the oil giants - Mexico and Venezuela; Latin American export sector dynamics and economic growth - an international comparison; externalities in the export sector and economic growth; prospects for intra-Latin integration.