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Chile : Trade Performance, Trade Liberalization, and Competitiveness /

This paper analyses the evolution of Chile's trade between 1990 and 2007, studying in particular the impact of trade liberalization in addition to traditional price and demand determinants. The results show that export and import flows are mainly responsive to external and domestic demand, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monfort, Brieuc (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Muhleisen, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
©2008
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/128.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. Methodology; III. Estimations at the Aggregate Level; A. Exports; B. Imports; C. Short-Term Dynamics and Dynamic Contributions; IV. Robustness Analysis; A. Sectoral Estimations; B. Alternative Specifications for the Export Equation; V. Estimations for Latin American Countries; VI. Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Data; Annex Tables; 1. Database Used; 2. Descriptive Statistics; 3. Main Trade Partners of Chile and Trade Agreements; 4. Income and Price Elasticities for Exports and Imports: A Few Comparative Results; 5. Sensitivity to the Lag Structure.
  • 6. What Explains the Differences of Elasticity by Export Sector7. Principal Export Products in a Selection of Latin America Countries; References.