Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66715 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Citation: 
[Journal:] Estudios de Economía [ISSN:] 0718-5286 [Volume:] 33 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía [Place:] Santiago de Chile [Year:] 2006 [Pages:] 141-154
Publisher: 
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, Santiago de Chile
Abstract: 
Despite having accumulated physical and human capital at significant rates, Latin America's growth has been generally disappointing. Successful growth episodes have been accompanied by surges in TFP, sound and stable macroeconomic policies, and fewer distortions and government interventions. Structural breaks are often cited as sources of the disappointing and heterogeneous growth performance of countries in Latin America. We find that, once controlled for external shocks and a measure of distortions, the behavior of per capita GDP in a sample of Latin American countries is remarkably stable.
Subjects: 
growth
Latin America
structural breaks
JEL: 
O47
C32
Document Type: 
Article

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