Teoría balassa-samuelson: análisis comparativo entre las economías de Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador y USA.

Abstract

There is a theoretical sweep of different literary sources, both scientific articles and books, about the Balassa-Samuelson theory, based on one of its main hypotheses, which refers that the levels of the consumer price of the countries is relatively stronger and higher in those who are considered rich; as well as the explanation of why this phenomenon happens from the question of why the labor factor (measured in terms of GDP per capita productivity) in poor countries is less productive than in the richest countries in the non-productive sector. tradable For this, the methodological course will be followed by the application of two types of econometric models, one of a linear type that will allow to measure in real terms how the GDP per capita affects the CPI, and the other, in logarithmic type to observe how elastic those increases are to the generate changes in GDP per capita. The one that also has as a general objective, to analyze comparatively in the economies of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and the USA, through the application of econometric models and literary revision the Balassa-Samuelson theory.