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La conjetura de Shaikh. Un modelo clásico de la tasa de cambio real Colombia - Estados Unidos

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  • Álvaro Martín Moreno Rivas

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En este trabajo se presenta lo que hemos denominado la “Conjetura de Shaikh”. (i) explicamos la concepción clásica de la competencia real en el modo de producción capitalista, definida como una guerra continua por la sobrevivencia, cuyas armas son el cambio técnico, la inversión en capital y los ajustes de precios que permiten golpear duramente a los capitales adversarios para concentrar y centralizar el poder en el mercado. (ii) introducimos la teoría de la desventaja absoluta que determina la especialización y la división internacional del trabajo, que explica los procesos de causación circular acumulativa de los superávits comerciales y de acumulación de obligaciones externas entre países desarrollados y en desarrollo (iii) explicamos porque la interpretación monetaria de la tasa de interés impide que las ventajas absolutas se transformen en desventajas comparativas en libre comercio. Por último, se presenta el modelo de determinación de la tasa de cambio real entre dos países (USA y Colombia), que se deriva de la teoría clásica del sistema de precios de producción. ****** In this paper, we present what we have called the "Shaikh Conjecture". (i) We explain the classical conception of real competition in the capitalist mode of production, defined as a continuous war for survival, whose weapons are technical change, investment in capital and price adjustments that allow capital to hit hard adversaries to concentrate and centralize power in the market. (ii) We introduce the theory of absolute disadvantage that determines the specialization and international division of labour, which explains the cumulative circular causation processes of trade surpluses and accumulation of external obligations between developed and developing countries. (iii) We explain why the monetary interpretation of the interest rate prevents absolute advantages from becoming comparative disadvantages in free trade. Finally, we present the model for determining the real exchange rate between two countries (USA and Colombia), which is derived from the classical theory of the production price system.

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  • Álvaro Martín Moreno Rivas, 2018. "La conjetura de Shaikh. Un modelo clásico de la tasa de cambio real Colombia - Estados Unidos," Documentos de Trabajo, Escuela de Economía 16809, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID.
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    1. Luis Daniel Torres-Gonzalez & Jacobo Ferrer-Hernandez & Adrian Martınez, 2022. "On the Long-Run Neutrality of Profits-Wages Ratios in the Determination of International Relative Prices Under Absolute Advantages," Working Papers 2208, New School for Social Research, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    tasa de cambio real; competencia real; competencia perfecta; costos reales unitarios de trabajo;
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    JEL classification:

    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • 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

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