We estimate the total factor productivity for argentine agriculture over the period 1955 to 2003. One method of quantifying the impact of productivity is the use of growth accounting index numbers (Divisia index). However, some papers (see, for example, Hsieh, 2000) show that if technological...

In recent years, there has been an extraordinary increase in international commodity prices, such as fossil fuels (oil) and agricultural products. This paper analyzes the behavior of real prices of major agricultural commodities (wheat, corn, soybeans and rice) using SVAR models, with short-term...

This paper examines the relationship between stock market development and economic growth in case of Argentina's economy. I apply Granger causality and exogeneity tests based on VEC (vector error correction) models with monthly data covering the period 1993:1-2010:8. The results show that the...

This paper uses a one-equation model proposed by Baífes, Elbadawi and O'Connell (1999) with the intention of measuring the degree of misalignment between the observed multilateral real exchange and its estimated level of long run equilibrium, in the Argentinean case. With that purpose, annual...

The analysis of the output gap dynamics (the difference between the observed and the non-inflationary potential output) is a widely used tool for structural models employed by central banks. In such models, the output gap is a key variable to explain the dynamics of prices and wages. However,...

Agriculture in Argentina encompasses the entire range of field crop and livestock activities, including corn, wheat, sunflower and soybeans. Most notably, Argentina is the world’s leading exporter of soybean products (soyoil and soymeal) and ranks thirds behind the United States and Brazil as...

Devoting an increasing amount of resources to the investment process tends to be a common recommendation to promote a sustained economic growth. Curiously enough, according to growth neoclassical theory, the factor that determines growth in the long-term is technological progress rather than...

In order to comply with their main objective of price stability, monetary authorities rely on analytic tools to properly assess tendencies and inflationary pressures in the economy. Therefore Central Banks are interested in analyzing and monitoring changes in cyclical fluctuations of economic...

This paper analyzes the response of the soybean sown area of Argentina to changes in price incentives and other variables which are relevant for agricultural production. To this effect, VEC models are estimated for some of the main producing provinces and for the country’s total in the period...

A usual policy recommendation to promote sustained economic growth it to dedicate increasing resources to the investment process (i.e. high investment rates). In contrast, a well known result of neoclassical growth theory is that the only determinant of long run growth is technological progress,...