Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Strange, William B.

Abstract

This thesis examines structural changes in Puerto Rico's economic structure throughout its 30-year program of economic development. Descriptive and analytical statistical techniques are used to examine the economy. Chapter I uses verbal and simple graph descriptions of changes in key variables that have occurred since 1947. Chapter II presents an Econometric model of the economy and interprets the results of two estimations of the model. Because structural change is suggested by the analysis in Chapter II, Chapter III examines the nature and significance of structural shifts using the ChovJ Test, Dummy Variable Test, and Switching Regression. General Impact Multiplier analysis is used in Chapter IV to elicit results from the model when it is treated holistically and dynamically. The final chapter analyzes the economic changes that were indicated in previous chapters. The importance of these changes for Puerto Rico's further economic advance and the lessons that other developing nations can learn from Puerto Rico's experience conclude the thesis.

Extent

168 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FA00000614

Format

pdf

Download

Share

COinS