Reallocation of Resources within the National Productive System in Bolivia A View from the Perspective of Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods

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Main Author: Sergio G. Villarroel Böhrt
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Published: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. 2007
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contents Reallocation of Resources within the National Productive System in Bolivia A View from the Perspective of Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods Sergio G. Villarroel Böhrt Economía y Finanzas Inter Tradable Internal balance sector labor mobility Nontradable (TNT) model This paper explores Bolivia’s current unemployment situationtaking into account the reallocation of resources within the aggregatesupply. The origin of this internal imbalance is due to negative impacts ofexternal real exchange rate (RER) shocks, as well as to changes in thedestination of foreign direct investment (FDI) among different sectors ofthe economy.The model used to explain the imbalance is based on the DependentEconomy theoretical framework, in which production in a small openeconomy is disaggregated into tradable and non-tradable goods. Underthis production scheme, any RER movement in terms of appreciation ordepreciation produces a displacement of resources, either along the productionpossibilities frontier or through the unemployment zone.After demonstrating that the RER suffered an important appreciationin 1997, a model of the aggregate-supply function is constructed consideringtwo variable outputs (tradable and non-tradable goods) and two variableinputs (capital and labor), suggesting in the end the existence of a slowrestructuring process at the expense of unemployment of the labor force. 2007 artículo científico 1665-2045 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32316104 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=323 Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época application/pdf Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época (México) Num.1 Vol.XVI
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spellingShingle Reallocation of Resources within the National Productive System in Bolivia A View from the Perspective of Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods
Sergio G. Villarroel Böhrt
Economía y Finanzas
Inter
Tradable
Internal balance
sector labor mobility
Nontradable (TNT) model
Reallocation of Resources within the National Productive System in Bolivia A View from the Perspective of Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods Sergio G. Villarroel Böhrt Economía y Finanzas Inter Tradable Internal balance sector labor mobility Nontradable (TNT) model This paper explores Bolivia’s current unemployment situationtaking into account the reallocation of resources within the aggregatesupply. The origin of this internal imbalance is due to negative impacts ofexternal real exchange rate (RER) shocks, as well as to changes in thedestination of foreign direct investment (FDI) among different sectors ofthe economy.The model used to explain the imbalance is based on the DependentEconomy theoretical framework, in which production in a small openeconomy is disaggregated into tradable and non-tradable goods. Underthis production scheme, any RER movement in terms of appreciation ordepreciation produces a displacement of resources, either along the productionpossibilities frontier or through the unemployment zone.After demonstrating that the RER suffered an important appreciationin 1997, a model of the aggregate-supply function is constructed consideringtwo variable outputs (tradable and non-tradable goods) and two variableinputs (capital and labor), suggesting in the end the existence of a slowrestructuring process at the expense of unemployment of the labor force. 2007 artículo científico 1665-2045 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32316104 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=323 Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época application/pdf Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época (México) Num.1 Vol.XVI
title Reallocation of Resources within the National Productive System in Bolivia A View from the Perspective of Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods
topic Economía y Finanzas
Inter
Tradable
Internal balance
sector labor mobility
Nontradable (TNT) model
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