Regional Convergence in Latin America / / Bennett Sutton, Genevieve Lindow, Maria Isabel Serra, Gustavo Ramirez, Maria Fernanda Pazmino

• Autore: Sutton Bennett
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (29 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Latin America; Exports and Imports; Public Finance; Agribusiness; Industries: Manufacturing; Natural Resource Extraction; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations; Agriculture: General; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General; Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction: General; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General; International economics; Agricultural economics; Manufacturing industries; Extractive industries; Public finance & taxation; Trade liberalization; Agricultural sector; Manufacturing; Mining sector; Public expenditure review; Commercial policy; Agricultural industries; Mineral industries; Expenditures, Public
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Economic conditions Regional disparities; Latin America Economic conditions; Brazil
• Altri autori: LindowGenevieve SerraMaria Isabel RamirezGustavo PazminoMaria Fernanda
• Note generali: At head of title: Western Hemisphere Department.; "May 2006."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODOLOGY""; ""III. SUMMARY RESULTS FOR LATIN AMERICA""; ""IV. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY RESULTS""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX: DATA SOURCES AND DEFINITIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper presents empirical evidence on convergence of per capita output for regions within six large middle-income Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. It explores the role played by several exogenous sectoral shocks and differences in steady states within each country. It finds that poor and rich regions within each country converged at very low rates over the past three decades. It also finds evidence of regional "convergence clubs" within Brazil and Peru- the estimated speeds of convergence for these countries more than double after controlling for different subnational levels of steady state. For the latter countries and Chile, convergence is also higher after controlling for sector-specific shocks. Finally, results show that national disparities in per capita output increased temporarily after each country pursued trade liberalization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Regional Convergence in Latin America
• ISBN: 1-4623-4980-3; 1-4527-0171-7; 1-283-51619-5; 1-4519-9532-6; 9786613828644
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826868803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2006/125