RT Journal Article
T1 Official Bolivian Trade Statistics (1910-1949): Landlockness and the Limits of a Standard Accuracy Approach
A1 Peres-Cajías, José Alejandro
A1 Carreras-Marín, Anna
AB This paper aims to evaluate the accuracy of official Bolivian foreign trade statistics. Results show large discrepancies between Bolivian records and those of its main trade partners during the First World War. Whereas the gap decreased thereafter, it stayed particularly high in the case of exports. This seems to be explained by mistakes in the geographical assignment by the trade partners rather than by an overvaluation of official Bolivian figures. This suggests that landlockness may have had a significant negative effect on theaccuracy of trade statistics fromthe, a priori, more reliable countries. The study also helps to revisit the debate concerning the effect that tin exploitation had on the rest of the Bolivian economy during the first half of the 20th century.
AB Este artículo analiza la fiabilidad de las estadísticas bolivianas de comercio exterior. Se observan grandes diferencias entre los datos bolivianos y aquellos de sus principales socios comerciales durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Si bien las brechas se redujeron posteriormente, permanecieron particularmente elevadas en el caso de las exportaciones. Ello parece deberse más a una mala asignación geográfica por parte de los socios comerciales que a una sobrevaloración de las exportaciones bolivianas. Esto sugiere quela mediterraneidad afectó negativamente la calidad de las estadísticas de aquellos países a-priori más confiables. El estudio permite también revisitar el debate en torno al efecto que tuvo la explotación del estaño sobre el resto de la economía boliviana durante la primera mitad del siglo XX.
PB Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales
SN 0212-6109
YR 2018
FD 2018-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36967
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36967
LA eng
NO This research has benefited fromfinancial support from the Science and Innovation Ministry of Spain through the project Marketintegration and its spatial impact: Latin American regions in the very long term (1890-2010)(ECO2015-65049-C2-2-P; MINECO/FEDER, UE). Peres-Cajías also thanks financial support fromthe Swedish Research Links/Vetenskapsrådet through the project Sustainable Development, FiscalPolicy and Natural Resources Management: Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror(2016-05721).
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