Testeando un modelo de ciclos económicos reales para Bolivia
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La utilidad de los modelos de Ciclos Económicos Reales en economías emergentes, ha sido sujeto de amplia discusión, tanto por los supuestos neoclásicos en los que se sustentan, así como por los períodos de tiempo en los cuales los impactos deberían ser analizados. A efecto de testear la pertinencia de este modelo en una economía como la Boliviana, se aplica el mismo utilizando tres shocks: empleo, tecnología e inversión, asumiendo una economía cerrada y verificando impactos en producto, empleo, consumo, capital, inversión así como en salarios y tasa de interés reales. Los resultados sugieren la presencia de tendencias en línea con lo que predice la teoría económica mientras que otros se alejan de la misma, mostrando indicios de que dichos modelos no serían los más óptimos como instrumentos de política en este tipo de economías.
The usefulness of Real Business Cycle Models is widely discussed in emerging economies, due to the neoclassical assumptions in which they are based, as well as the periods of time in which the impacts should be analyzed. In order to test the relevance of this model in an emerging economy such as Bolivia; a model with three shocks (employment, technology and investment) was applied, assuming a closed economy, verifying its impacts on output, employment, consumption, capital, investment, real wages and real interest rate. Some results are in line with what economic theory predicts, while others depart from it, showing signs that such models would not be the most optimal as instruments of policy in emerging economies.
The usefulness of Real Business Cycle Models is widely discussed in emerging economies, due to the neoclassical assumptions in which they are based, as well as the periods of time in which the impacts should be analyzed. In order to test the relevance of this model in an emerging economy such as Bolivia; a model with three shocks (employment, technology and investment) was applied, assuming a closed economy, verifying its impacts on output, employment, consumption, capital, investment, real wages and real interest rate. Some results are in line with what economic theory predicts, while others depart from it, showing signs that such models would not be the most optimal as instruments of policy in emerging economies.
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