Argentina’s unimpressive recovery: insights from a real business cycle approach

Carlos Zarazaga

No 606, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Abstract: Argentina?s GDP increased 30% between 2002 and 2005, prompting optimistic assessments that the country had finally left behind its secular stagnation. However, this strong performance followed a sharp decline in economic activity and therefore could be the manifestation of a bounce-back effect with no lasting impact on Argentina?s mediocre long-run growth rates. The paper examines this conjecture with the quantitative discipline imposed by a Real Business-Cycle methodology and concludes that the 2002-05 expansion was not only a rebound, but also considerably weaker than the model predicts, a finding not consistent with upbeat views about the country?s long-run prospects.

Date: 2006
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