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Rebuilding state capacity in contemporary Latin America: The politics of taxation in Argentina and Mexico
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-07)In this paper I present the preliminary findings of ongoing research on the politics of taxation in Argentina and Mexico since 1982. In both countries, the debt crisis triggered a long, complex, and conflictive process of ... -
Recurrent hyperinflations and learning
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1996-01)This paper uses a model of boundedly rational learning to account for the observations of recurrent hyperinflations in the last decade. We show that, in a standard monetary model when the full rational expectations assumption ... -
Redistributive policies, social integration and productivity: an exploration
(Universidad Torcuato Di TellaCEPALInstituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)The economic conditions of the poor segments of a population can be improved through government transfers or through increases in the market income of the individuals in the relevant groups. Both effects may interact. ... -
Reforma económica y Estado en la Argentina: la institucionalidad de la discrecionalidad
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-11)Se trata de analizar los factores político-institucionales que han alterado los parámetros dentro de los cuales el proceso de formación de la política económica se desenvuelve y han hecho viable la política de privatizaciones ... -
Reformismo Radical o Liberal? La política rivadaviana en una era de conservadorismo europeo, 1815-1830
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1997-05)Durante el periodo que comprende los años 1820-27, Bernardino Rivadavia se convirtió en una de las figuras políticas más relevantes en el Río de la Plata. Como principal ministro del gobierno de Buenos Aires ( 1821-24) ... -
Regionalización y Seguridad. Los actors argentinos frente a sus socios del MERCOSUR
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1999-09)En este trabajo se analizan las acciones de diferentes actores sociales ante el Mercosur. Se estudia el rol de las agencias de gobierno, del Congreso, de las Fuerzas Armadas y de los empresarios respecto del proceso de ... -
El rol de los servicios de información en el desarrollo económico. La experiencia argentina
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-07)Se analiza el rol cumplido por algunos servicios de información en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, dentro del marco de la reforma del Estado emprendida a partir de la Ley 23.696 y que ha marcado el rumbo del país desde comienzos ... -
Segregation patterns for non-homogeneous locations in Schellings model
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2023)We study a variant of the classical spatial proximity Schelling’s segregation model, including a function that breaks the homogeneity over the land. This weighting function represents objective and subjective assessments ... -
Sociedad civil, Estado y Derecho en Argentina
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995)Tras evaluar críticamente los diversos usos teóricos que en el campo de estudios latinoamericanos se le ha dado al concepto de sociedad civil, el trabajo se concentra en el análisis de los aspectos institucionales del ... -
The Argentine Church: From Integralist to Populist Nationalism
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1996-09)This paper examines the different institutional strategies implemented by the Argentine Catholic Church to extend its influence in the society. The paper covers a long period of Argentine political history, from the crisis ... -
The determinants of regional exchange in Mercosur: geography and trade liberalization
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995)Since the mid-eighties many Latin American countries have been involved in a process of trade liberalization. The direct consequence of this liberalization was a strong increase in international trade flows between these ... -
The Export-led growth hypothesis revisited: Theory and Evidence
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-06)Exports have been often singled out as a key determinants of fast and sustainable rise in per capita income. In this paper we revisit this export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH). From an empirical point of view we study ... -
The Strenght of Markets in Latin America’s political discourse, 1750-1850. Some preliminary observations
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-06)The paper explores the shifting 'strength' attributed to markets in some key texts of Latin American political discourse. To both Bourbon reformers and mid-nineteenth century liberals, the market was a weak agent unable ... -
Traditional & Relationship Marketing can coexist: The BGH-Motorola research case study 1991-1995
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1997-09)This is the case study of a turn around of managerial practices within a division of a large Argentine company, during 1994/5. The division goes: from a reactive to a proactive attitude, from an unstructured sales policy ... -
El veto presidencial bajo los gobiernos de Alfonsín y Menem, 1983-1993
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995)En este trabajo se exponen algunas de las conclusiones preliminares de una investigación más amplia acerca de la práctica del veto durante las presidencias de Alfonsín y Menem. La lectura comparativa de los datos referidos ... -
Voting in Buenos Aires before 1912
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-07)This paper analyses the nature of the electorate of the city of Buenos Aires at the turn of the century. It challenges received views on the city's political life arguing that electoral participation was growing at a fast ... -
What term limits do tha ordinary voting cannot
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1999-02)We already have term limits on legislators; they're called elections. So why don't we just throw the bums out?" Instead, voters simultaneously cast their ballots for senior incumbents and for term limits. They do so for ... -
Yankee merchants in South America: narratives, identity, and social order, 1810-1870
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1993)American merchants in nineteenth-century South America acted as universal mediators in the world of commodities. Their specific function provided the navigational, commercial, and financial links that connected South ...