 Argentina and the global capital roller coaster of the 1990sJan Peter Wogart () Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2004, vol. 24, issue 3, 375-392 Abstract: This essay analyzes the Argentine “Currency Board” experiment during the 1990s, both from a theoretical and historical point of view. It finds that earlier failed attempts to control inflation with a quasi fixed exchange rate in a highly politicized environment should have been a lesson to heed. While detailing the various shortcomings of the domestic economic policies, ample space is devoted to examine the gyrating international capital markets and their impact on the Argentine program. Moreover, it is maintained that the Argentine political environment, the stability of which was crucial for success in the early years, deteriorated to such an extent after 1996 that it significantly contributed to the breakdown of the economic program and the system itself. The essay concludes with a short consideration of the Chilean economic policies, which were characterized by a great degree of pragmatism and prudence and consequently succeeded to escape the dire fate of its neighbor. JEL Classification: E31; E32; E42; E44; E61; E63. Keywords: International capital flows and macroeconomic instability; Argentine external indebtedness; Argentina fixed exchange rate polices (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:24:y:2004:i:3:p:375-392:id:753 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Brazilian Journal of Political Economy from Center of Political Economy |
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