Potential Output and Output Gap in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic /

Potential Output is a key factor for debt sustaintability analysis and for developing strategies for growth, but unfortunately it is an unobservable variable. Using three methodologies (production function, switching, and state-space), this paper computes potential output for CAPDR countries using a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Christian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/145
Online Access:Full text available on IMF