•  
  •  
 

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

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Download

Comments?

Included in

Economics Commons

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.