EXPORTACIONES VERSUS ACUMULACIÓN DE CAPITAL EN ARGENTINA, BRASIL, CHILE Y MÉXICO.

This article analyzes the relative importance of exports and capital accumulation for growth rates in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico for the period 1961-2019, and Brazil for the period 1971-2019. This article finds evidence that capital accumulation has a significant positive effect on the growth rate, with exports also having a significant, although lesser, impact. Likewise, the effect of exports on reducing the external constraint to growth is insignificant compared to that of capital accumulation. The article concludes by suggesting that growth strategies should privilege capital accumulation, rather than exports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]