Potential Growth in Asia and Its Determinants: An Empirical Investigation

Matteo Lanzafame

Asian Development Review, 2016, vol. 33, issue 2, 1-27

Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature on growth in Asia in several respects. I provide estimates of potential growth for 21 Asian economies using an aggregate supply model with time-varying parameters and a Kalman filtering methodology. My estimates indicate that the actual growth slowdown experienced by many of these economies in the 2000s is associated with a falling trajectory in potential growth. Relying on Bayesian model averaging, I select robust determinants of potential growth and find that the latter is driven by the technology gap, trade, tertiary education, and institutional quality, as well as by working-age population growth. Effective reforms in these areas can help counterbalance declines in potential growth in Asia. I also investigate the relationship between business cycle features and potential growth, finding that higher volatility in actual growth has significantly negative effects on potential growth. Thus, stabilization policies can have beneficial effects on Asian economies’ long-term growth performance.

Keywords: Asian economies; Kalman filter; potential growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 O40 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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