INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION INDEX OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET (MCCA-RD)

Authors

  • Jorge Alberto Orellana Aragón Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul
    • Luiz Augusto Faria Estrella Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

      DOI:

      https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.70300

      Keywords:

      Economic integration, Central American Common Market, CACM, International institutional arrangements

      Abstract

      The purpose of this article was evaluated the hypothesis that institutional integration interacts with regional economic integration, was tested developing an institutional integration index for The Central American Common Market and were compared with European Union and Mercosul were estimated by Dorrucci. Subsequently a model of Autoregressive Vectors (VAR) was implemented, incorporating that index to such variables as per-capita income, exchange trading terms and trade opening.  The results indicate that greater institutional integration brings a higher level of economic integration and vice versa.

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      Author Biographies

      Jorge Alberto Orellana Aragón, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul

      Doctor en Economía por el Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia (PPGE) de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Profesor del Instituto de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis (ICEAC) de la Universidade Federal de Rio Grande

      Luiz Augusto Faria Estrella, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

      Professor do Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da UFRGS.

      Published

      2017-08-05

      How to Cite

      Orellana Aragón, J. A., & Estrella, L. A. F. (2017). INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION INDEX OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET (MCCA-RD). Análise Econômica, 35(especial). https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.70300