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The Spanish pattern of economic growth during the last two centuries is quite unique. In the nineteenth century, Spain remained outside the process of industrialization, but during the twentieth century it has joined the small group of developed economies. This article checks the possible existence of discontinuities between 1850-1936 in the series of PNB, industrial production and private and public investment by utilizing recent developments in the econometric analysis associated with the work of Perron and Ziwot and Andrews. The results confirm the continuity of the Spanish growth during the long period considered. However, they also show two breakpoint years: 1870 in the series of industrial production and 1919 in the data of public investment. El crecimiento económico en España durante los dos últimos siglos, ha sido un proceso singular. Durante el siglo XIX su economía quedó al margen del proceso de industrialización, pero durante el XX ha conseguido incorporarse al reducido grupo de los países desarrollados. Aprovechando algunos de los recientes avances de la econometría asociados a los trabajos de Perron y Ziwot y Andews, este artículo contrasta, para la etapa 1850-1936, la posible existencia de rupturas en las series de PNB, producción industrial e inversión pública y privada. Los resultados confirman la continuidad básica del crecimiento económico español en el largo plazo. Sin embargo, al mismo tiempo, muestran dos rupturas estadísticamente significativas: 1870 en la serie de producción industrial y 1919 en la de inversión pública.
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Antonio Cubel & Jordi Palafox Gamir, 1997.
"Continuities and discontinuities in the economic growth of Spain: 1850-1936,"
Working Papers. Serie EC
1997-10, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
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RePEc:ivi:wpasec:1997-10
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