Depressions in the Colombian economic growth during the XX century: A Markov Switching Regime Model

Número: 
340
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
O40, C22, E32, N16
Palabras clave: 
Markov switching regime model, Economic growth, Fluctuations, Colombia.

In this paper, we modeled the Colombian long run economic growth (1925-2003) using a two- regime first order Markov switching model. We found evidence of non-linearity in the annual rate of economic growth. The results show that changes between regimes ar