Un panorama regional del crecimiento económico boliviano
Abstract
Bolivia es un país con una superficie amplia, con más de un millón de kilómetros cuadrados y diversos ecosistemas ecológicos. Además de su mediterraneidad, la actividad económica boliviana se ha marcado por las diversas características geográficas, principalmente la distancia y la disponibilidad de canales de información. En este documento uso una de base de datos regional para analizar en qué medida la dimensión espacial ha influido en el crecimiento económico a mediano plazo de los nueve departamentos durante los últimos 45 años. Contrariamente a la aproximación convencional, basada en la contigüidad o la distancia geográfica para introducir problemas espaciales en el análisis, uso un enfoque de decaimiento exponencial basado en la "distancia verdadera" conjuntamente con un modelo de gravedad. Luego, encuentro como significativa la inclusión del aspecto espacial en la estimación de modelos de panel estáticos y dinámicos, donde encuentro cómo el proceso de crecimiento económico regional se ha visto ligeramente influenciado por esta característica espacial, lo que implica el aún bajo grado de integración entre los departamentos de Bolivia.
Bolivia is a wide surface country, with more than one million of squared kilometers and diverse ecological ecosystems. Besides its landlockedness, Bolivian economic activity has been shaped by the diverse geographic characteristics mainly distance and the availability of communication channels. In this paper I use a novel regional database of regional economic activity to analyze in what extent the spatial dimension has influenced medium term economic growth of the nine regions during the past 45 years. Contrary to standard approach based on contiguity or geographical distance to introduce spatial issues in the analysis, I use an exponential decay approach built on "true distance" jointly a gravity model. Then, I found as significant the inclusion of spatial consideration in the estimation of static and dynamic balanced panel data models, where I found how the process of regional economic growth has been slightly influenced by this spatial feature implying the still low degree of integration among Bolivian regions.
Bolivia is a wide surface country, with more than one million of squared kilometers and diverse ecological ecosystems. Besides its landlockedness, Bolivian economic activity has been shaped by the diverse geographic characteristics mainly distance and the availability of communication channels. In this paper I use a novel regional database of regional economic activity to analyze in what extent the spatial dimension has influenced medium term economic growth of the nine regions during the past 45 years. Contrary to standard approach based on contiguity or geographical distance to introduce spatial issues in the analysis, I use an exponential decay approach built on "true distance" jointly a gravity model. Then, I found as significant the inclusion of spatial consideration in the estimation of static and dynamic balanced panel data models, where I found how the process of regional economic growth has been slightly influenced by this spatial feature implying the still low degree of integration among Bolivian regions.
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