Browsing Universidad Torcuato Di Tella by Author "Taylor, Alan M."
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Economic Recovery from the Argentine Great Depression: Institutions, Expectations, and the Change of Macroeconomic Regime
della Paolera, Gerardo; Taylor, Alan M. (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1998-11)We ask how Argentina overcame the Great Depression and if macroeconomic interventions made any contribution to the recovery. Argentine macroeconomic policy deviated from gold-standard orthodoxy after the final suspension of ... -
Economic Recovery from the Argentine Great Depression: Institutions, Expectations, and the Change of Macroeconomic Regime
della Paolera, Gerardo; Taylor, Alan M. (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1998)This work explores how Argentina overcame the Great Depression and asks whether active macroeconomic interventions made any contribution to the recovery. In particular, we study Argentine macroeconomic policy as it deviated ... -
Finance and Development in an Emerging Market: Argentina in the Interwar Period
della Paolera, Gerardo; Taylor, Alan M. (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1997-05)The long-run economic performance of Argentina since World War One has been relatively disappointing until recently. Yet, in the interwar period, signs of future retardation and recurring crises were not so obvious. It is ... -
Internal Versus External Convertibility and Developing-Country Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Argentine Bank Bailout of the 1930
della Paolera, Gerardo; Taylor, Alan M. (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1999-07)Argentina's money and banking system was hit hard by the Great Depression. The banking sector was awash with bad assets that built up in the 1920s. Gold convertibility was suspended in December 1929, even before the crisis ...