The Argentina Paradox: Microexplanations and Macropuzzles

Alan Taylor

No 19924, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: The economic history of Argentina presents one of the most dramatic examples of divergence in the modern era. What happened and why? This paper reviews the wide range of competing explanations in the literature and argues that, setting aside deeper social and political determinants, the various economic mechanisms in play defy the idea of a monocausal explanation.

JEL-codes: F43 N16 O11 O54 O57 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-02
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Published as Alan M. Taylor, 2018. "The Argentina Paradox: microexplanations and macropuzzles," Latin American Economic Review, vol 27(1).

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