 An anatomy of external shocks in the Andean regionPaul Carrillo-Maldonado and Javier Díaz-Cassou The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2023, vol. 27, issue C Abstract: This paper applies an agnostic SVAR approach to study the response of four Andean economies (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) to international shocks. More specifically, we look at the response of GDP, the real exchange rate, fiscal and external balances, and inflation to global demand, commodity price, monetary and financial shocks. Our results confirm that the Andean region is highly exposed to changes in external conditions, and especially to global demand fluctuations associated with declines in commodity prices. However, despite the similarities that characterize these countries in terms of their income level or their productive specialization, we find substantial heterogeneity in the effects of the shocks, which we attribute to differences in the shock absorbing capacity of their macroeconomic frameworks. This result underlies the need to put in place external buffers to fully exploit the benefits of a greater presence in international markets, be it in the form of exchange rate flexibility, international reserves, or fiscal and monetary space to act countercyclically. Keywords: International shocks; World demand; Commodities; Growth; Prices; Trade balance; SVAR; Andean region (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:joecas:v:27:y:2023:i:c:s1703494923000075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeca.2023.e00295 Access Statistics for this article The Journal of Economic Asymmetries is currently edited by A.G. Malliaris More articles in The Journal of Economic Asymmetries from Elsevier |
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