Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile

We study the potential performance of Argentina, Chile and Brazil, following a reduction of prices of exports and imports of commodities. To that aim, we construct three CGE models based on the same analytical framework. The impact of low commodities prices depends on the share of exports in GDP, th...

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Autores principales: Chisari, Omar Osvaldo, Mastronardi, Leonardo Javier, Romero, Carlos Adrián
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/118204
https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/1658
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topic Economía
Computable General Equilibrium
Prices of Commodities
spellingShingle Economía
Computable General Equilibrium
Prices of Commodities
Chisari, Omar Osvaldo
Mastronardi, Leonardo Javier
Romero, Carlos Adrián
Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
topic_facet Economía
Computable General Equilibrium
Prices of Commodities
description We study the potential performance of Argentina, Chile and Brazil, following a reduction of prices of exports and imports of commodities. To that aim, we construct three CGE models based on the same analytical framework. The impact of low commodities prices depends on the share of exports in GDP, the share of exports of commodities in total exports, the import-intensity of manufactures and the share of labor in GDP. We find that Argentina is vulnerable to the reduction of prices of commodities because it is highly dependent on exports of agricultural commodities and/or their derivatives. Chile is vulnerable to price reductions of copper even though its economy is protected by a sound macroeconomic policy and because its economy is less labor-intensive than the others. Brazil would be the less affected by a generalized fall of commodities prices since its economy is more diversified.
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author Chisari, Omar Osvaldo
Mastronardi, Leonardo Javier
Romero, Carlos Adrián
author_facet Chisari, Omar Osvaldo
Mastronardi, Leonardo Javier
Romero, Carlos Adrián
author_sort Chisari, Omar Osvaldo
title Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
title_short Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
title_full Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
title_fullStr Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
title_full_unstemmed Commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a CGE analysis for Argentina, Brazil and Chile
title_sort commodities prices and critical parameters for macroeconomic performance: a cge analysis for argentina, brazil and chile
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/118204
https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/1658
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