• 이베로아메리카
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.241-265
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• 2010

The main purpose of this study is to reveal the historical origins of Latin American economic underdevelopment, by answering two research questions; 1)'Why is Latin America underdeveloped?' and 2)'How has colonial experience impacted on the economic growth in Latin America?' First, this essay analyzes long-term tendency of growth domestic product(GDP) per capita data. The data verify that current underdevelopment of Latin American economy is the result of economic stagnation during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Latin America suffered political and economic instability before and after the independence from Spain and Portugal. It elucidates that colonial experience affected on the economic growth in Latin America. Second, this essay reviews key independent variables of the relationship between colonial experience and economic growth in Latin America. To do so, the study categorizes extant literature into two groups according to the type of its independent variables: 1)internal factor and 2)external factor. Finally, the essay surveys the role of institutions in Latin American economic growth and development. The survey confirms that the importance of institutions in the study of Latin American economic history. In addition, the essay suggests some tasks for further research in Latin American economic history; 1)the construction of basic economic data, 2)the substantialization of the role and characteristics of institutions, and 3)the expansion of research on institutions which overcomes ideological rigidity of existing institutional approach.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2013

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to identify and assess the contribution of budgetary, monetary and institutional shocks affecting the Tunisian economy over the period 1976-2003. The methodology used is vector autoregressive models and structural recent techniques for the analysis of time series related. The empirical results show a significant relationship between the supply shock and institutions on the one hand, and between institutional shocks and economic activity on the other hand. Research Design, Data and Methodology: As part of this section we will try to identify and assess the contribution of various shocks to macroeconomic variables' fluctuations for the Tunisian economy. The study period is: 1976-2003 and observations are annual. Results: The real business cycle theory argues that fluctuations in aggregate economic activity are the result of the interaction of the only real factors namely agents' preferences, technological opportunities, factor endowments and possibly certain institutional constraints. Conclusions: The lowest contribution to the variability of these rights is the monetary shock. As for "civil liberties", the largest share of their variability is the shock relating to the "political rights" during the first four periods .

• 국제지역연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.454-476
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• 2010

이 논문은 한 국가가 요소부존으로 인구(N), 자본(K)과 토지(Z)를 갖는다고 가정한다. 1단계로 교육은 인구와 자본을 결합하여 신지식과 신기술을 체화한 '교육노동'(educated labor)을 '생산'하고, 2단계로 '교육노동'과 '비교육노동'(uneducated labor)을 결합하여 제조업을 생산하고 '비교육노동'과 토지를 결합하여 농산물을 생산하는 무역모형을 제시한다. 이 모형에 의하면 일단 무역이 시작되면 국가의 특성에서 자본증가율이 높을수록, 토지사용률이 낮을수록, 할인율상승률이 낮을수록 제조품이 수출되고 농산품이 수입되는 무역패턴이 강화된다는 것이다. 또한 자본증가율, 인구증가율, 토지사용률과 할인율의 차이가 있는 국가간 무역이 발생하면 이 무역모형은 양국의 교육노동증가율 격차는 확대되고 교육노동 상대임금 상승률은 토지사용률의 차이가 있는 경우를 제외하고 그 격차가 축소되는 것을 보여준다. 그리고 두 노동자간 소득비율변화에 대해서 무역은 명목소득 비율보다는 실질소득 비율에 더 영향을 미치고 있다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 도시지역에 교육부문과 제조업이, 농촌지역에 농업이 존재한다고 한다면 농촌지역에서 도시지역으로 인구이동현상을 교육노동자가 되기 위한 것과 제조업과 농업의 한계생산물 차이로 설명할 수 있는 모형으로 확대적용할 수 있다.