Raphael Bergoeing

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2007)

Raphael Bergoeing, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto, ...

Both Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s, yet Chile recovered much faster than Mexico. This study analyzes four possible explanations for this difference and rules...

Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis Research Department Sta Report March 200 (First version October 999) (2007)

Trade Theory And, Trade Facts, Raphael Bergoeing, Federal Reserve, Bank Minneapolis

This paper quantitatively tests "new trade theory" based product di#erentiation, increasing returns, and imperfect competition. employ a standard model, which allows both changes the...

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Research Department Staff Report 292 September 2001 A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s* (2007)

Raphael Bergoeing Universidad, Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two...

Comments (2006)

Bergoeing, Raphael., Roubini, Nouriel.

Economía - Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 2005

Micro Efficiency and Aggregate Growth in Chile (2006)

Repetto L., Andrea, Bergoeing, Raphael

Using plant-level data on Chilean manufacturing firms for the 1980-2001 period, we estimate and characterize disaggregate total factor productivity. We use these estimates to study the microeconomic...

Market Reforms and Efficiency Gains in Chile (2006)

Bergoeing, Raphael, Hernando, Andrés, Repetto L., Andrea

Desde mediados de los setenta, Chile aplicó un conjunto profundo y exhaustivo de reformas estructurales de mercado. A pesar del amplio consenso respecto de que tales reformas deberían favorecer el...

Labor Market Distortions, Employment and Growth: the Recent Chilean Experience (2003)

Bergoeing, Raphael, Morandé, Felipe, Piguillem, Facundo

Entre 1984 y 1997, Chile mostró una de las más altas tasas de crecimiento del mundo. En años recientes, sin embargo, este decayó en forma sustancial. Este artículo analiza el rol de la...

Labor Market Distortions, Employment and Growth: the Recent Chilean Experience (2003)

Bergoeing, Raphael, Morandé, Felipe, Piguillem, Facundo

Entre 1984 y 1997, Chile mostró una de las más altas tasas de crecimiento del mundo. En años recientes, sin embargo, este decayó en forma sustancial. Este artículo analiza el rol de la...

Crecimiento, empleo e impuestos al trabajo: Chile 1998-2001. (2002)

Morandé, Felipe, Bergoeing, Raphael

Desde 1984 y hasta 1997, la economía chilena experimentó un crecimiento per cápita promedio de 5,4 por ciento, lo que la ubica dentro de las economías exitosas del mundo de las últimas dos...

Crecimiento, empleo e impuestos al trabajo: Chile 1998-2001. (2002)

Morandé, Felipe, Bergoeing, Raphael

Desde 1984 y hasta 1997, la economía chilena experimentó un crecimiento per cápita promedio de 5,4 por ciento, lo que la ubica dentro de las economías exitosas del mundo de las últimas dos...

Studies on trade /--by Raphael Bergoeing. (1996)

Bergoeing, Raphael.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1996.

Policy-Driven Productivity in Chile and Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Both Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s, but Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Using growth accounting and a calibrated dynamic general equilibrium...

Testing Real Business Cycle Models in an Emerging Economy

Raphael Bergoeing, Raimundo Soto

RBC models have been successfull when applied to developed economies: their abilities in replicating the data of emerging countries remain largely unexplored. The rapid but unstable growth process in...

Crecimiento, empleo e impuestos al trabajo: Chile 1998-2001

Raphael Bergoeing, Felipe Morandé

Desde 1984 y hasta 1997, la economía chilena experimentó un crecimiento per cápita promedio de 5,4 por ciento, lo que la ubica dentro de las economías exitosas del mundo de las últimas dos...

Labor Market Distortions, Employment and Growth: The Recent Chilean Experience

Raphael Bergoeing, Felipe Morandé, Facundo Piguillem

The per capita growth rate of Chile from 1984 to 1997 was among the highest in the world. During recent years, however, per capita growth dropped significantly. This paper discusses the role of...

Idiosyncratic Productivity Shocks and Plant-Level Heterogeneity

Raphael Bergoeing, Andrés Hernando, Andrea Repetto

Using plant-level data on Chilean manufacturing firms for the 1980-99 period, we estimate and characterize disaggregate total factor productivity. We show that idiosyncratic productivity shocks are a...

Why is Manufacturing Trade Rising Even as Manufacturing Output is Falling?

Raphael Bergoeing, Tim Kehoe, Vanessa Strauss-Kahn, Kei-Mu Yi

For the OECD as whole, as well as for the U.S., manufacturing exports have been rising, while manufacturing output (both expressed as a share of total GDP) has been falling.  We examine the...

Innovations in productivity and plant dynamics

Raphael Bergoeing, Facundo Piguillem

La evidencia empírica reciente muestra que la dinámica de productividad de las plantas industriales es relevante para explicar el crecimiento económico. La entrada y salida de plantas y la...

Slow Recoveries

Raphael Bergoeing, Norman Loayza, Andrea Repetto

Economies respond differently to aggregate shocks that reduce output. While some countries rapidly recover their pre-crisis trend, others stagnate. Recent studies provide empirical support for a link...

Patrones de Desarrollo Urbano: ¿Es Santiago Anómalo?

Raphael Bergoeing, Facundo Piguillem

La evidencia internacional muestra que las políticas de desarrollo urbano tienen efectos significativos en el bienestar de los individuos. Pese a ello, en Chile estas políticas han sido...

Market Reforms and Efficiency Gains in Chile

Raphael Bergoeing, Andrés Hernando, Andrea Repetto

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented a deep and comprehensive set of structural market reforms. In spite of the wide agreement there is with respect to the expected benefits these reforms...

Innovaciones en productividad y dinámica de plantas

Raphael Bergoeing, Facundo Piguillem

The recent empirical evidence shows that plant level dynamics are relevant to explain economic growth. The reallocation of resources across incumbent plants, and the process of entry and exit of...

Trade Theory and Trade Facts

Raphael Bergoeing, Timothy J. Kehoe

This paper quantitatively tests the "new trade theory" based on product di.erentiation, increasing returns, and imperfect competition. We employ a standard model, which allows both changes in the...

Decades lost and found: Mexico and Chile since 1980

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Both Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s, yet Chile recovered much faster than Mexico. This study analyzes four possible explanations for this difference and rules...

Micro Efficiency and Aggregate Growth in Chile

Raphael Bergoeing, Andrea Repetto

Using plant-level data on Chilean manufacturing firms for the 1980-2001 period, we estimate and characterize disaggregate total factor productivity. We use these estimates to study the microeconomic...

A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two...

Testing Real Business Cycles Models in an Emerging Economy

Raphael Bergoeing, Raimundo Soto

RBC models have been successful when applied to developed economies: their abilities in replicating the data of emerging countries remain largely unexplored. The rapid but unstable growth process in...

Labor Market Distortions, Employment and Growth: The Recent Chilean Experience

Raphael Bergoeing, Felipe Morandé, Facundo Piguillem

The per capita growth rate of Chile from 1984 to 1997 was among the highest in the world. During recent years, however, per capita growth dropped significantly. This paper discusses the role of...

Market Reforms and Efficiency Gains in Chile

Raphael Bergoeing, Andrés Hernando, Andrea Repetto

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented a deep and comprehensive set of structural market reforms. In spite of the wide agreement there is with respect to the benefits these reforms should have...

Testing Real Business Cycle Models in an Emerging Economy.

Raimundo Soto, Raphael Bergoeing

RBC models have been successful when applied to developed economies: their abilities in replicating the data of emerging countries remain largely unexplored. The rapid but unstable growth process in...

A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico exoperienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the...

Crecimiento, Empleo e Impuestos al Trabajo: Chile 1998-2001

Raphael Bergoeing, Felipe Morandé

The per capita growth rate of Chile from 1984 to 1997 was among the highest in the world. During the last three years, however, per capita growth dropped significantly. This paper discusses the role...

Micro Efficiency and Aggregate Growth in Chile

Raphael Bergoeing, Andrea Repetto

Using plant-level data on Chilean manufacturing firms for the 1980-2001 period, we estimate and characterize disaggregate total factor productivity. We use these estimates to study the microeconomic...

Slow recoveries

Raphael Bergoeing; Loayza

Economies respond differently to aggregate shocks that reduce output. While some countries rapidly recover their pre-crisis trend, others stagnate. Recent studies provide empirical support for a...

Labor Market Distortions, Employment and Growth: The Recent Chilean Experience

Raphael Bergoeing, Felipe Morande

The per capita growth rate of Chile from 1984 to 1997 was among the highest in the world. During recent years, however, per capita growth dropped significantly. This paper discusses the role of...

Trade theory and trade facts

Raphael Bergoeing, Timothy J. Kehoe

This paper quantitatively tests the “new trade theory” based on product differentiation, increasing returns, and imperfect competition. We employ a standard model, which allows both changes in...

A decade lost and found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two...

Slow Recoveries

Raphael Bergoeing, Norman Loayza

Economies respond differently to aggregate shocks that reduce output. While some countries rapidly recover their pre-crisis trend, others stagnate. Recent studies provide empirical support for a...

Data Appendix to A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Detailed macroeconomic data to accompany the article in the Review of Economic Dynamics

Trade Theory and Trade Facts

Raphael Bergoeing, Timothy J. Kehoe

This paper quantitatively tests the "new trade theory" based on product differen-tiation, increasing returns, and imperfect competition. We employ a standard model, which allows both changes in the...

A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two...

A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two...

Policy-Driven Productivity in Chile and Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s

Raphael Bergoeing, Patrick J. Kehoe, Timothy J. Kehoe, Raimundo Soto

Both Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s, but Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Using growth accounting and a calibrated dynamic general equilibrium...

Slow Recoveries

Raphael Bergoeing, Norman Loayzaw, Andrea Repetto

Economies respond differently to aggregate shocks that reduce output. While some countries rapidly recover their pre-crisis trend, others stagnate. Recent studies provide empirical support for a link...