Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?

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Autores principales: Rozenwurcel, Guillermo, Machinea, José Luis
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spelling oai-11362-78582020-09-28T16:15:13Z Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future? Rozenwurcel, Guillermo Machinea, José Luis NU. CEPAL MERCOSUR ESTABILIZACION ECONOMICA INTEGRACION ECONOMICA MACROECONOMIA POLITICA ECONOMICA POLITICA FINANCIERA TIPOS DE CAMBIO COMERCIO DE SERVICIOS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FINANCIAL POLICY FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES MACROECONOMICS MERCOSUR TRADE IN SERVICES Includes bibliography For most developing countries, open regionalism has emerged as quite a sensible response to the undergoing turbulent and asymmetric process of economic globalization. Moreover, the successful experience of the countries which are now part of the European Union, has made regional integration an increasingly attractive option for the developing world. Whenever regional integration is intended to go beyond merely a free trade agreement, macroeconomic coordination becomes a key issue. Theoretically, the underlying idea of the macroeconomic coordination is the interdependency between economies: when economies are interdependent, the events that take place and the policies implemented in each of them will affect the performance of all the rest, through different real and monetary transmission channels. Therefore, if there is interdependence between the economies, then the macroeconomic coordination appears to be a means of internalizing the effects of reciprocal inter-relationships on decision-making in each economy, and improving the results for all concerned. After the introduction, this paper examines the macroeconomic coordination and its perspectives in Latin America through four sections). The first one shows the reasons for macroeconomic coordination from a theoretical viewpoint, trying to determinate the degree of economic interdependence in Latin America. The second section analyses the experience of MERCOSUR in terms of macroeconomic coordination, while the third one focuses on the obstacles and opportunities of macroeconomic coordination in the region. Finally, the fourth section concludes. This research shows that in Latin America the progress achieved on macroeconomic coordination has been poor. Demand for coordination is weakened by the lack of synchronization between economic cycles in the different countries. The heterogeneous productive structures in the region explain in part this situation; but one of the main reasons, is the low level of trade interdependence. Moreover, since financial integration virtually does not exist in the region, the reciprocal externalities present on this front are exclusively due to the contagion effects generated by the frequent shocks that are brought about by the highly volatile nature of globalized financial markets. This last fact tends to lead countries to try to differentiate themselves from their neighbors in times of crisis rather than to seek macroeconomic coordination. Therefore, it is clear that macroeconomic coordination and convergence in Latin America entails greater difficulties than those confronted by Europe in its early stages of the integration process. These difficulties reinforce the importance of gradualism in the approach to macroeconomic coordination in the region. The complexity of the factors involved and the need to generate confidence and mutual understanding between the parties involved make this inevitable. 2014-01-02T16:54:16Z 2014-01-02T16:54:16Z 2005-12 Texto Documento Completo 9211215714 http://hdl.handle.net/11362/7858 LC/L.2431-P en Serie Informes y Estudios Especiales 15 application/pdf AMERICA LATINA LATIN AMERICA ECLAC
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language English
topic MERCOSUR
ESTABILIZACION ECONOMICA
INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
MACROECONOMIA
POLITICA ECONOMICA
POLITICA FINANCIERA
TIPOS DE CAMBIO
COMERCIO DE SERVICIOS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
FINANCIAL POLICY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
MACROECONOMICS
MERCOSUR
TRADE IN SERVICES
spellingShingle MERCOSUR
ESTABILIZACION ECONOMICA
INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
MACROECONOMIA
POLITICA ECONOMICA
POLITICA FINANCIERA
TIPOS DE CAMBIO
COMERCIO DE SERVICIOS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
FINANCIAL POLICY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
MACROECONOMICS
MERCOSUR
TRADE IN SERVICES
Rozenwurcel, Guillermo
Machinea, José Luis
Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
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title Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
title_short Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
title_full Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
title_fullStr Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
title_full_unstemmed Macroeconomic coordination in Latin America: does it have a future?
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