The perspective of inflation in Bolivia

Authors

  • Tirza J. Aguilar Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"
  • Dennis Martin Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.201218130

Keywords:

Bolivia`s inflation, inflation of food and beverages, inflation of transportation, ARIMA models, VAR models

Abstract

In Bolivia the inflation has different ways to evolved, it`s continued growth has its explanation is in: the imported inflation, (particularly in the food division), the expectative generated in the country as a result of economic policies in the recent last years. The domestic inflation is explained more for the inflation in food and beverage and transport. The paper describes the behavior and makes a forecast for the first semester of 2012 through Autoregressive Moving Average models and Autoregressive Vector.

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Author Biographies

Tirza J. Aguilar, Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

Junior Researcher at the Institute of Socio-Economic Research of Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo.

Dennis Martin, Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo"

Half time professor at Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo .

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Published

2012-10-01

How to Cite

Aguilar, T. J., & Martin, D. (2012). The perspective of inflation in Bolivia. Latin American Journal of Economic Development, 10(18), 33–64. https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.201218130