A UNIFIED GROWTH MODEL FOR INDEPENDENT CHILE

This article analyzes long-term patterns of growth of the Chilean economy. Examining 200 years of data, it shows evidence in favor of using a neoclassical growth model to conduct the empirical analysis. It presents a formal analysis of structural breaks in the Chilean growth process, finding structu...

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Autor principal: FUENTES,J. RODRIGO
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía. 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-04332011000200003
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Sumario:This article analyzes long-term patterns of growth of the Chilean economy. Examining 200 years of data, it shows evidence in favor of using a neoclassical growth model to conduct the empirical analysis. It presents a formal analysis of structural breaks in the Chilean growth process, finding structural changes in 1929 and 1971/1981. A further analysis of the country's economic history indicates that fiscal policy, external shocks and trade policy are plausible explanations for these breaks. When these variables are included in the empirical model, the hypothesis of no breaks during these 200 years cannot be rejected.