Una Aproximación Metodológica Al Balance Estructural: Aplicación a Ecuador (A Methodological Approach to Structural Balance: Application to Ecuador)
22 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2013
Date Written: March 1, 2013
Abstract
A partir de la crisis de los últimos años y su estrecha relación con el estado de las finanzas públicas y su impacto en la economía real, ha despertado un creciente interés en relación al estudio y las aplicaciones empíricas relacionadas con la generación de herramientas que aseguren la salud fiscal de las naciones. Con estos antecedentes, el presente trabajo desarrolla una metodología “top down” para la estimación del Balance Estructural del SPNF del Ecuador, para el período: 2000 I-2012 II (análisis trimestral). Los ajustes se realizan a los ingresos tributarios y al gasto corriente respecto al ciclo económico; y a los ingresos petroleros con respecto a la divergencia del precio observado respecto al precio del crudo WTI de “medio plazo.” Adicionalmente, se trata de evaluar la hipótesis de causalidad de la posición de los resultados primarios observados frente a la variación del precio del crudo WTI y se verifica una relación explicativa en la posición de dicha variable. A través de la implementación del Balance Estructural en Ecuador, las autoridades políticas podrían alcanzar tres objetivos principales: establecer normas fiscales consistentes con el producto potencial, evaluar la voluntad de la autoridad fiscal y asegurar la sostenibilidad fiscal de la economía ecuatoriana en el largo plazo.
Since the crisis experienced in recent years and its close relationship with the state of the public finances of countries, fiscal sustainability and its impact on the real economy, there is a growing interest regarding the study and empirical applications related to the generation of areas to ensure fiscal health of nations. With this background, the present work tries to develop a methodology top down for estimating the structural balance of Ecuador's NFPS from the compilation of fiscal statistics in the country for the quarterly period: 2000 I-2012 II. Adjustments are made to the non-oil revenues over the business cycle, current expenditure and oil revenues regarding the divergence in the price of WTI crude versus medium term. Then it comes to assessing the causal hypothesis of the position of the primary outcomes observed with the variation of WTI crude and explanatory relation is observed. So trough the implementation of structural balance in the country the political authorities could achieve three primary objectives: to establish fiscal rules consistent with potential output of the economy, to assess the will of the fiscal policymaker and ultimately ensure sustainability prosecutor of the Ecuadorian economy in the long run.
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Keywords: Statistic Estimation, Public Finances, Fiscal Policy, Deficit, Structural Balance
JEL Classification: C13, E69, H30, H68
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