Los efectos macrofiscales de la dolarización en Ecuador

Sebastián Londoño-Espinosa; Edison Reza-Paocarina; Adriana Morales-Noriega; Lenín Chamba-Bastidas; Lady Andrea León Serrano

doi:10.4067/S0718-88702022000200099

Authors

Sebastián Londoño-Espinosa Investigador Independiente
Edison Reza-Paocarina Investigador Independiente
Adriana Morales-Noriega Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo
Lenín Chamba-Bastidas Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo
Lady Andrea León Serrano Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la Universidad Técnica de Machala y Grupo de investigación Eco Emprendimiento https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5472-140X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-88702022000200099

Keywords:

Dollarization, macro-fiscal effects, synthetic control

Abstract

The research proposes to analyze the macro-fiscal effects of dollarization in Ecuador for GDP per capita, prices and, fiscal sector. The analysis is based on the synthetic control methodology, which seeks to build a synthetic Ecuador from the year 2000, with the figures provided by the control group countries, that is, a set of countries with similar socioeconomic characteristics that were not affected by the treatment, thus obtaining a counterfactual. Among the main results found, an impact of the measure is observed in the real sector, in the monetary sector and in the fiscal sector.

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Lady Andrea León Serrano, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la Universidad Técnica de Machala y Grupo de investigación Eco Emprendimiento

Docente investigadora de la Universidad Técnica de Machala Escritora de libros y capítulos de libros

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