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Potential Output and Output Gap in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic

Potential Output is a key factor for debt sustaintability analysis and for developing strategies for growth, but unfortunately it is an unobservable variable. Using three methodologies (production function, switching, and state-space), this paper computes potential output for CAPDR countries using a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Christian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2013
Series:IMF Working Papers
Subjects:
Potential Output
Output Gap
Economic Development
Capital And Total Factor Productivity
Cost
Industrial Productivity
Production
Total Factor Productivity
Production; Economic Theory
Macroeconomics: Production
Economic Growth
Environment And Growth
Macroeconomics
Sustainable Growth
Capacity
Production Growth
Production And Operations Management
El Salvador
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Potential Output is a key factor for debt sustaintability analysis and for developing strategies for growth, but unfortunately it is an unobservable variable. Using three methodologies (production function, switching, and state-space), this paper computes potential output for CAPDR countries using annual data. Main findings are: i) CAPDR potential growth is about 4.4 percent while output gap volatility is about 1.9 percent; ii) The highest-potential growth country is Panama (6.5 percent) while the lowest-growth country is El Salvador (2.6 percent); iii) CAPDR business cycle is about eigth years
Physical Description:42 pages
ISBN:9781484322208

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