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External conditions and growth performance
A central dimension of globalization is the world trend toward larger trade and financial openness, observed in most industrial and developing economies. Openness increases the integration of world goods and capital markets, contributing to potential gains in growth and welfare. However, increased ...
It's not factor accumulation: stylized facts and growth models
The central problem in understanding economic development and growth is not, in fact, to understand the process by which an economy raises its savings rate and increases the rate of physical capital accumulation. Many development practitioners and researchers continue to target capital accumulation ...
Trends, cycles, and convergence
Determining turning points in the business cycle is a difficult problem. Making sensible predictions concerning the growth path of an economy in the medium or long term is even harder. This paper explores what can be achieved by analysing and modeling time series observations on gross domestic product ...
The sources of economic growth: an overview
The importance of economic growth cannot be overstated. Income growth is ssential for achieving economic, social, and even political development. Countries that grow strongly and for sustained periods of time are able to reduce their poverty levels significantly, strengthen their democratic and political ...
General equilibrium analysis of a fuel tax increase in Chile
Achieving economic growth has been an important issue for over half a century. More recently, developed countries have incorporated the need for a more equitable and environmentally balanced growth. The complexity of modeling an economy with all its interrelations, agents, and sectors, however, has ...
Flexibilidad microeconómica en américa latina
En este artículo se caracteriza el grado de inflexibilidad microeconómica en varios países de América Latina, y se concluye que Brasil, Chile y Colombia son más flexibles que México y Venezuela. Ladiferencia se explica principalmente por el comportamiento de los establecimientos grandes, que seajustan ...
Securitización de hipotecas y desarrollo económico: un ensayo sobre la Caja Hipotecaria de Chile
Este ensayo recorre los primeros cincuenta años de la Caja de Crédito Hipotecario de Chile desde su creación en 1855. Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, las operaciones crediticias de la Caja activaron la rápida expansión del regadío del Valle Central y posibilitaron el concomitante aumento de ...
Una mirada al desarrollo económico de Chile desde una perspectiva internacional
Este trabajo estudia la posición relativa de Chile en el tiempo y respecto de otras economías —emergentes o industrializadas— en distintos indicadores de desarrollo económico, particularmente en las últimas dos décadas. Se presenta un análisis descriptivo, sin explorar relaciones causales ni probar ...