Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America: A Compa... - 9781138704305

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Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America: A Comparative PerspectiveA Comparative Perspective\nAuthor(s): Sheila Gutierrez de Pineres, Michael Ferrantino\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138704305, 978-1138704305\nSynopsis\nThis title was first published in 2000: This text aims to be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the microeconomic foundations behind the Latin American export boom, the ways in which government policies affecting exports may retard or promote economic growth, and the future prospects of the proposed Free Trade Association of the Americas. The authors conduct an econometric analysis which uses measures of export diversification, structural change in exports, and exports similarity which provide a basis for region-wide comparisons. The cases of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela are analyzed in particular detail. Cross-country analysis focuses on the potential r.