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Relación de dos regiones: La inversión en la América Latina y en el Asia Oriental

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  • Agosin, Manuel R.

    (Universidad de Chile)

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This paper examines why the investment rates of Latin American countries have been so low, in comparison with those of the fast growing East Asian countries. First, the paper compares the private and public investment ratios of eight Latin American countries, and their likely determinants, whit those of five dynamic Asian countries. Second, it estimates an econometric model for the ratio of private investment to GDP in Latin American and Asian countries, respectively. The econometric results and a casual examination of the data suggest that the causes for the poor performance of private investment in Latin American relative to Asia are: considerably slower economic growth; more stringent domestic credit constraints;the adverse impact of the debt crisis on Latin American investment, a factor which was absent in the Asian countries; an important fall in complementary public investment in Latin America, which did not take place in Asia, and a greater degree of macroeconomic and relative price instability. //En este ensayo se examinan las razones por las que han sido tan bajas las tasas de inversión en los países latinoamericanos, en comparación con la experiencia de los países del Asia Oriental de rápido crecimiento. En primer lugar, el ensayo compara las razones de la inversión privada y la inversión pública de ocho países latinoamericanos, así como sus probables determinantes, con las razones correspondientes de cinco países asiáticos dinámicos. En segundo lugar estima el modelo econométrico de la razón de la inversión privada-PIB en la América Latina y en Asia, respectivamente. Los resultados econométricos, y un análisis superficial de los datos, indican las causas siguientes del pobre desempeño de la inversión privada en la América Latina en comparación con la situación asiática: un crecimiento económico considerablemente menor; mayores restricciones al crédito interno; el efecto adverso de la crisis de la deuda de la inversión latinoamericana, un factor ausente en los países asiáticos; una disminución notable de la inversión pública complementaria en la América Latina, que no ocurrió en Asia, y una mayor inestabilidad macroeconómica y de los precios relativos.

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  • Agosin, Manuel R., 1996. "Relación de dos regiones: La inversión en la América Latina y en el Asia Oriental," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 63(251), pages 1139-1169, julio-sep.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:63:y:1996:i:251:p:1139-1169
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