Abstract:

Economic growth, Latin America, Labor, Capital, Productivity, potential growth, total factor productivity, tfp, output growth, growth rate, gdp growth, growth rates, real gdp, factor accumulation, growth accounting, commodity exporters, external financing, unemployment rate, commodity prices, gdp per capita, gdp growth rates, international standards, business cycles, domestic demand, business cycle, domestic savings, barriers to entry, rate of growth, trade openness, gdp growth rate, idiosyncratic shocks, idiosyncratic factors