APERTURA. GASTO PÚBLICO Y CONVERGENCIA EN AMÉRICA LATIN: UN MODELO ECONOMETRICO ESPACIAL

Jorge E, Mendoza (2007): APERTURA. GASTO PÚBLICO Y CONVERGENCIA EN AMÉRICA LATIN: UN MODELO ECONOMETRICO ESPACIAL. Published in: Comercio Exterior , Vol. 57, No. 9 (December 2007): pp. 705-717.

Abstract

The study focuses on the analysis of economic growth of the Latin American countries, during the period 1950-2000 The methodology of the paper is based on the use of spatial econometric thechniques applied to a cross section and panel data. The results showed conditional convergence for the region from 1950 to 1975, and both absolute and conditional divergence from 1980 to 2000.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
• English Title: LIBERALIZATION, PUBLIC SPENDING AND CONVERGENCE IN LATIN AMERICA: AN SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC MODEL
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Convergence; Latin America
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O16 - Financial Markets ; Saving and Capital Investment ; Corporate Finance and Governance; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O54 - Latin America ; Caribbean; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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