Structural change and the BOP-constraint: Why did Latin America fail to converge?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 389-411

  Cimoli, Mario ^a   Porcile, Gabriel ^b   Rovira, Sebastián ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BOP constrained growth models; Latin American development; Structural change

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; CONVERGENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; GROWTH MODELING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; KEYNESIAN THEORY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77950935697     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben060     Document Type: Article

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