The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy

Commodities represent the lion’s share of Colombia’s exports, and the terms of trade are directly determined by the prices of these commodities, making a detailed analysis of this variable’s impacts on the country’s economy essential. This paper examines the effects of terms-of-trade shocks on outpu...

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Autores principales: Oviedo Gómez, Andrés Felipe, Sierra, Lya Paola
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spelling oai-11362-449822020-11-16T13:27:32Z The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy Oviedo Gómez, Andrés Felipe Sierra, Lya Paola RELACION DE INTERCAMBIO COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS DESARROLLO ECONOMICO MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS TERMS OF TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMETRIC MODELS Commodities represent the lion’s share of Colombia’s exports, and the terms of trade are directly determined by the prices of these commodities, making a detailed analysis of this variable’s impacts on the country’s economy essential. This paper examines the effects of terms-of-trade shocks on output, investment, consumption, the trade balance, the real exchange rate and inflation in Colombia. An extensive database comprising 129 variables of economic activity in 2001–2016 was used, along with a FAVAR model. The results suggest that terms-of-trade shocks have significant impacts on the Colombian economy, as they explain roughly 5% of the variation in the country’s economic activity, 8% in investment, 6% in the trade balance and 1% in the real exchange rate. 2019-12-04T14:47:03Z 2019-12-04T14:47:03Z 2019-08-26 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/44982 LC/PUB.2019/11-P 6 en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 128 .pdf application/pdf 2001 COLOMBIA COLOMBIA 2016
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topic RELACION DE INTERCAMBIO
COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
DESARROLLO ECONOMICO
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
TERMS OF TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
spellingShingle RELACION DE INTERCAMBIO
COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
DESARROLLO ECONOMICO
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
TERMS OF TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
Oviedo Gómez, Andrés Felipe
Sierra, Lya Paola
The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy
description Commodities represent the lion’s share of Colombia’s exports, and the terms of trade are directly determined by the prices of these commodities, making a detailed analysis of this variable’s impacts on the country’s economy essential. This paper examines the effects of terms-of-trade shocks on output, investment, consumption, the trade balance, the real exchange rate and inflation in Colombia. An extensive database comprising 129 variables of economic activity in 2001–2016 was used, along with a FAVAR model. The results suggest that terms-of-trade shocks have significant impacts on the Colombian economy, as they explain roughly 5% of the variation in the country’s economic activity, 8% in investment, 6% in the trade balance and 1% in the real exchange rate.
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Sierra, Lya Paola
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title The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy
title_short The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy
title_full The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy
title_fullStr The importance of terms of trade in the Colombian economy
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