Vol. 18 No. 4 (2016)
Short article

Oil revenues and economic growth in Ecuador (2000-2015)

Pedro Cepeda Chacaguasay
National University of Chimborazo Ecuador
Eduardo Zurita Moreano
National University of Chimborazo Ecuador
Dante Ayaviri Nina
National University of Chimborazo Ecuador

Published 2016-12-20

Keywords

  • Per capita income,
  • economic growth,
  • petroleum,
  • investment

How to Cite

Cepeda Chacaguasay, P. ., Zurita Moreano, E. ., & Ayaviri Nina, D. . (2016). Oil revenues and economic growth in Ecuador (2000-2015). Revista De Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research, 18(4), 459-466. https://doi.org/10.18271/ria.2016.238

Abstract

This research attempts to explain economic growth in Ecuador from oil revenues, since in the last ten years the oil sector and economic growth have attracted attention in the literature; its importance refers to the theory of Solow growth. The main variables analyzed were oil revenues, as a key variable in the production function, it was estimated per capita terms per worker; for this, statistical series Central Bank of Ecuador and ordinary least squares were used; Also, the gross fixed capital formation, economically active population and oil revenues, the latter as a foreign additional variable production function to explain economic growth. As a main result a positive relationship GDP per worker (y) with the gross fixed capital formation per worker (k) and oil income per worker (yp) is obtained, when the variables investment and income increase, GDP per worker also increases.

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