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Trade, Stability, Technology, and Equity in Latin America.
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1982. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126800500 |
| Summary: |
Trade, Stability, Technology, and Equity in Latin America. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 492 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483267531 1483267539 |
| Index Number: | HC125 |
| CLC: | F173 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Trade, Stability, Technology, and Equity in Latin America; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: INTERNATIONAL TRADE; Chapter 1. Exchange Rates and Terms of Trade in the Argentine Republic, 1913-1976; I. Real Exchange Rates Since 1913; II. Departures from PPP; III. The Law of One Price; References; Chapter 2. The Terms of Trade, Real Output, and the Balance of Payments in a Primary Exporting Country: A Model and Some Estimates for Guatemala; I. The Model; II. The Case of Guatemala: Some General Considerations. III. Empirical ResultsReferences; Chapter 3. Dismantling Foreign Trade Restrictions: Some Evidence and Issues on the Argentine Case; I. Introduction; II. Nominal and Effective Protection; III. An Exercise in Tariff Dismantling; IV. On the Change in Relative Prices; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Manufactured Exports, Labor Productivity, and Employment in Latin America: A Hypothesis Based on the Clothing Industry in Colombia; I. Introduction; II. Protection, Exports, and Labor Productivity; III. Causes of the Rise and Fall of Colombia's Clothing Exports. IV. Generalizing to Other Industries and Other Latin American CountriesV. Conclusion; References; Part II: EXTERNAL INSTABILITY; Chapter 5. Old and New Forms of External Instability in Latin America: Sources, Mechanisms of Transmission, and Policies; I. Introduction; II. Sources of External Instability; III. The Transmission of Instability; IV. Policies for Stability: Some Issues for Research; References; Chapter 6. The Vulnerability of Small Semi-industrialized Economies to Export Shocks: A Simulation Analysis Based on Peruvian Data. I. The Small Semi-industrialized Economy and Its Balance-of-Payments Adjustment MechanismII. Multisectoral Models of Adjustment to Export Shortfalls; III. Simulation Results for Peru; IV. Policy Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Latin American External Debt: The Case of Uncertain Development; I. Introduction; II. The Composition and Magnitude of the Debt; III. The Rate of Return to External Borrowing; IV. Projections of Latin American Financing Needs; V. Conclusion; References; Part III: STABILIZATION AND GROWTH. Chapter 8. Macroeconomic Disequilibrium and Short-Run Economic Growth in Developing CountriesI. Introduction; II. Possible Macroeconomic Adjustment Mechanism: IS Equilibrium; III. Sample Estimates of the Saving and Investment Functions; IV. Destabilizing IS Adjustment; V. Closing the Model; VI. Supplementary Macroeconomic Adjustment Mechanisms; VII. Macroeconomic Adjustment and Short-Run Growth; VIII. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 9. Investment, Inflation, and Employment: A Macroeconomic Framework; I. Introduction; II. Income and Wealth Accounts; III. Equilibrium. |