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¿Es posible explicar la crisis colombiana de 1998-2003 a partir de la teoría austríaca del ciclo económico?

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  • Rosero Sánchez, Andrés Mauricio

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RESUMEN: El objeto de este estudio es contrastar la teoría austriaca del ciclo económico con la crisis económica colombiana de 1998-2003. Para ello, se recurre a la obra de Huerta de Soto (“Dinero, Crédito Bancario y Ciclos Económicos”, 2012), quien desglosa el ciclo económico en una secuencia de seis efectos macroeconómicos fácilmente contrastables con la evidencia empírica y que suelen ponerse en marcha tras una política monetaria expansiva. A lo largo del estudio, se cotejan cada uno de dichos efectos con la información estadística disponible y, mediante la revisión de las opiniones de expertos y análisis de estadística descriptiva, se muestra cómo cuatro de los seis efectos macroeconómicos que según Huerta de Soto (2012) componen el típico ciclo económico se hicieron patentes en la economía colombiana a fines del siglo XX. Adicionalmente, se encuentra verosimilitud entre la causa teórica del ciclo económico desde la perspectiva austriaca y las severas expansiones monetarias y crediticias efectuadas en Colombia entre 1992 y 1993. A grandes rasgos, la teoría austriaca del ciclo económico permite explicar la crisis colombiana de 1998-2003. Abstract: The purpose of this study is to make a contrast between the Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT) and the Colombian economic crisis of 1998-2003. For that, we resort to the work of Huerta de Soto (“Money, bank credit and economic cycle”, 2012), who breaks down the cycle in a sequence of six macroeconomic effects that are easily verifiable and set off after an expansionary monetary policy. Throughout the study, each effect is compared with the available statistical information and with the opinion of experts. We are able to demonstrate how four of the six macroeconomic effects described by Huerta de Soto (2012) are eventually present in the Colombian economy of the last decade of the twentieth century. In addition, we find that the Austrian theoretical cause of the cycle is consistent with the severe monetary and credit expansions observed in Colombia between 1992 and 1993. To sum up, the Colombian crisis of 1998-2003 can be roughly explained using the ABCT.

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  • Rosero Sánchez, Andrés Mauricio, 2021. "¿Es posible explicar la crisis colombiana de 1998-2003 a partir de la teoría austríaca del ciclo económico?," Borradores Departamento de Economía 19619, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000196:019619
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    Keywords

    teoría austriaca del ciclo económico; crisis económica colombiana de 1999; burbuja inmobiliaria; efectos de la política monetaria; crisis financieras;
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    • B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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