Modelos Económicos sin Banco Central: Teoría y Evidencia Empírica

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https://doi.org/10.33936/eca_sinergia.v17i1.8085

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Banca libre, Dolarización, Unión monetaria, Política monetaria, Estabilidad de precios.

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Este artículo examina los modelos económicos que operan sin la presencia de un banco central, contrastando las perspectivas teóricas con la evidencia empírica. Se profundiza en dos paradigmas principales: la banca libre (free banking) y las uniones monetarias, con un enfoque particular en la dolarización. Se analizan los mecanismos de disciplina monetaria y fiscal inherentes a cada modelo, así como sus implicaciones para la estabilidad de precios, el crecimiento económico y la capacidad de respuesta ante shocks. La investigación se basa en una revisión exhaustiva de la literatura académica y en el estudio de casos históricos y contemporáneos, como Escocia en el siglo XIX, Panamá, Ecuador y la Eurozona. Los hallazgos sugieren que, si bien la ausencia de un banco central puede imponer una disciplina monetaria estricta, también conlleva la pérdida de flexibilidad en la política macroeconómica y la necesidad de mecanismos de ajuste alternativos que pueden ser costosos. Se concluye que la viabilidad de estos modelos depende críticamente de las condiciones estructurales de cada economía y de la voluntad política para mantener una estricta disciplina fiscal.

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2026-02-27

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