Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper aims to identify the factors that are most important in promoting economic growth in Latin America. It uses panel data for 17 countries over a 15-year 2 period. Low levels of corruption, high levels of internet access, low levels of FDI, and high net energy imports are statistically significant in increasing GDP per capita in Latin America. Surprisingly, education is found to be statistically insignificant for economic growth.
Publication Date
Spring 2011
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
13
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
21
Copyright
©2011 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Philips, Kristi
(2011)
"Determinants of Economic Growth in Latin America,"
Major Themes in Economics, 13, 1-21.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol13/iss1/3