Continuities and ruptures in the regulatory framework and public policies for the Argentine metalliferous mining sector (1990-2019)

Diego I. Murguía () and Julieta Godfrid ()
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Diego I. Murguía: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Julieta Godfrid: Universidad de Buenos Aires

Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, 2019, issue 19, 137-170

Abstract: In this article we discuss the continuities and ruptures in public policy for the metal mining sector in Argentina from the 1990s to 2019. Through secondary sources, we explore the transformation of the regulatory framework, the permeability of reforms to the economic context and the emergence of socio-environmental conflicts together with their effects on provincial legislation. We find that the application of exchange and fiscal stability, which the regulatory framework seeks to guarantee, has been interrupted throughout the period analysed. As a result of the socio-environmental conflicts, legislation banning metal mining was enacted, which constitutes the main break with the 1990s. A relevant continuity over the years has been insufficient investment in institutional strengthening.

Keywords: large-scale mining; mining investment law; glaciers law; socio-environmental conflicts, law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L72 L78 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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