Real convergence in Latin Americaa fractionally integrated approach

  1. Astrid Ayala
  2. Juncal Cuñado Eizaguirre
  3. Luis Alberiko Gil Alaña
Revista:
Applied financial economics

ISSN: 0960-3107

Any de publicació: 2012

Volum: 22

Número: 19-21

Pàgines: 1713-1717

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2012.674204 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Altres publicacions en: Applied financial economics

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Resum

This letter investigates the real convergence of 17 Latin American countries to the US economy for the period 1950 to 2008. We examine the order of integration of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita differences between the US and each Latin American country. We allow for fractional degrees of differentiation. This approach provides a test for stochastic convergence, which is a necessary condition for real convergence. The results show no evidence of stochastic convergence with respect to the US economy in any of the countries under study.

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