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La relación de causalidad entre el crecimiento y la IED en Argentina. ¿Pan para hoy, hambre para mañana?

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  • Oglietti, Guillermo Celso

    (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

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This work finds that FDI affects negativelly economic growth. This outcome is grounded on a demand-sided growth model which includes the shrinkage effect of foreing firms surpluses repatriation. Although, in one first stage FDI contributes to alleviate the financial shortage, in the long run it discourages investment and growth trough a diminished demand. Thus the model captures the Keynesian stress on demand stimulus, as well as the neoclassic emphasis on the financial contribution of FDI. A simple variable, the proportion of the economy under control of foreign firms, validates this hypotheses empirically for the case of Argentina, due to the concept of causality in the sense of Granger. The common praxis to test FDI flows instead of stocks in econometric analysis, maybe is the reason why it’s so difficult to find a significative empirical relation between growth and FDI. In addition, the result shows that FDI displaces domestic investment, suggesting that this is one of the linkages of the negative impact.// Este trabajo encuentra que el acervo de inversión extranjera directa (IED) afecta negativamente el crecimiento. El resultado se fundamenta en un modelo que incorpora el efecto contractivo de la repatriación del excedente de las empresas extranjeras que a mediano plazo contribuye a desalentar la inversión y el crecimiento. El modelo capta tanto el hincapié keynesiano en el estímulo de la demanda, como el de la tradición neoclásica en la aportación financiera inicial de la IED. La hipótesis se comprobó empíricamente para la economía argentina examinando la relación de causalidad en el sentido de Granger entre el crecimiento y una variable sencilla, la proporción de la economía controlada por empresas extranjeras. Esta variable permite percibir los cambios estructurales inducidos por la IED, que trascienden el impulso financiero inicial. Se sugiere que la dificultad que enfrenta la bibliografía del tema para comprobar empíricamente una correlación significativa entre IED y crecimiento, puede deberse a que examina los flujos en lugar de concentrase en el acervo IED. Asimismo, los resultados muestran que la IED desplaza la inversión nacional, sugiriendo que éste puede ser un canal que explique el efecto negativo.

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  • Oglietti, Guillermo Celso, 2007. "La relación de causalidad entre el crecimiento y la IED en Argentina. ¿Pan para hoy, hambre para mañana?," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(294), pages 349-378, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:74:y:2007:i:294:p:349-378
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v74i294.368
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    Keywords

    economic growth; foreign direct investment (FDI); keynesian theory; neoclassical theory; Granger causality; vector autorregresion; crecimiento económico; Inversión extranjera directa; (IED); teoría keynesiana; teoría neoclásica; causalidad de Granger; vectores autorregresivos; Argentina;
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    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O49 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Other

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