• International relations theory: a peripheral perspective. Part 1 

      Escudé, Carlos (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1993)
      In an article first published in 1977, Stanley Hoffmann callad international relations a "(North)American social science". His diagnosis regarding the national origina of the discipline as a field of social-scientific ...
    • Yankee merchants in South America: narratives, identity, and social order, 1810-1870 

      Salvatore, Ricardo D. (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 ...
    • Great Britain and the recognition of the River Plate 

      Gallo, Klaus (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1993)
      The recognition of Argentine independence was granted by the British government in early 1825. The Liverpool Ministry, which was in power in Britain at that time, was thus responsible for becoming the first European nation ...
    • La cuestión nacional y la cuestión judía en el pensamiento católico argentino de principios de siglo 

      Ghio, José María (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1993)
      La Iglesia Católica interpretó el largo proceso de secularización de la sociedad occidental, que aportó además del racionalismo una mayor autonomía en las esferas de la vida, como extirpación de lo sacro de la vida del ...
    • Comparación de legislaciones recientes sobre patentes farmacéuticas 

      Petrecolla, Diego (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1993)
      La primera parte de este trabajo discute las consecuencias sobre el excedente del consumidor al introducir un sistema de patentes. Las mismas se analizan desde el punto de vista de una economía pequeña abierta al comercio ...
    • Intergovernmental transfers and public sector expenditures : a game theoretic approach 

      Sanguinetti, Pablo (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      The purpose of this paper is to present a simple theoretical framework that captures this coordination problem and its implications in terms of public finances. The framework adopts a game-theoretic point of view to ...
    • Monetary and banking experiments in Argentina : 1861-1930 

      della Paolera, Gerardo (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      During the 1861-1930 period, Argentina was under a virtual gold-exchange standard regime in the 1867-1876; 1883-1884 and, 1900-1913 years. In the remaining periods, a managed paper standard was in place, always with the ...
    • Factores socioeconómicos asociados a la pobreza 

      Amuso, Sandra; Petrecolla, Alberto; Petrecolla, Diego (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaInstituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      Este trabajo tiene por objeto determinar los principales factores económicos y sociales asociados con la pobreza. La identificación de las variables asociadas a la pobreza se hizo mediante tres enfoques alternativos y no ...
    • Redistributive policies, social integration and productivity: an exploration 

      Sanguinetti, Pablo; Heymann, Daniel (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. ...
    • Discrete breaks in the US savings: evidence and permanent income implications 

      Tanner, Evan (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether permanent, discrete breaks in U.S. savings have occurred. Breaks are hypothesized to occur in both a constant (intercept) and a time-trend term. To test for these ...
    • Los origenes ideológicos de la Unión Cívica Radical 

      Alonso, Paula (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      La Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) se fundó en 1891 en oposición al partido oficial, el Partido Autonomista Nacional (PAN). El presente ensayo analiza los principios ideológicos sostenidos por la UCR, los cuales generaron ...
    • Pobreza y distribución del ingreso en el Gran Buenos Aires : 1989-1994 

      Petrecolla, Diego; Amuso, Sandra (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1994)
      Este trabajo mide la intensidad de la pobreza en el Gran Buenos Aires entre 1989 y 1994 con un índice de pobreza consistente con el enfoque axiomático utilizado en la literatura económica sobre pobreza y distribución ...
    • The determinants of regional exchange in Mercosur: geography and trade liberalization 

      Garriga, Marcelo; Sanguinetti, Pablo (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 ...
    • El veto presidencial bajo los gobiernos de Alfonsín y Menem, 1983-1993 

      Mustapic, Ana María; Ferreti, Natalia (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 ...
    • Sociedad civil, Estado y Derecho en Argentina 

      Peruzzotti, Enrique (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 Export-led growth hypothesis revisited: Theory and Evidence 

      Ahumada, Hildegart; Sanguinetti, Pablo (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 ...
    • Las finanzas públicas en la formación del Estado. Moneda e instituciones en el Estado de Bs. As. 1852-1862 

      Irigoin, María Alejandra (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 1995-06)
      La década de 1850 muestra, por un lado un proceso de estabilización de la moneda corriente, o de recuperación relativa de su precio respecto del oro y, por el otro, un proceso de instalación o creación de instituciones ...
    • The Strenght of Markets in Latin America’s political discourse, 1750-1850. Some preliminary observations 

      Salvatore, Ricardo D. (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 ...
    • Rebuilding state capacity in contemporary Latin America: The politics of taxation in Argentina and Mexico 

      Berensztein, Sergio (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 ...
    • Voting in Buenos Aires before 1912 

      Alonso, Paula (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 ...