When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence

Based on long series of per capita GDPs, we characterize the economic divergence of Argentina in the 20th century relative to a group of countries with comparable initial income per capita. We find the divergence to be considerably longer than usually conjectured, with two marked tranches in the...

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Autores principales: Levy Yeyati, Eduardo, Katz, Sebastián
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Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno 2024
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Producto Bruto Interno
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Divergencia económica
Economic divergence
Análisis económico
Economic analysis
Desarrollo económico
Economic growth
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-128822024-09-26T23:19:18Z When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Katz, Sebastián Producto Bruto Interno Gross domestic product (GDP) Divergencia económica Economic divergence Análisis económico Economic analysis Desarrollo económico Economic growth Based on long series of per capita GDPs, we characterize the economic divergence of Argentina in the 20th century relative to a group of countries with comparable initial income per capita. We find the divergence to be considerably longer than usually conjectured, with two marked tranches in the first half of the century and in the post war period, the latter being associated with GDP underperformance despite the relative decline in population. We identify specific dates for the inflection points, discuss the context in each case, and propose a potential explanation of the divergence together with a description of the highly volatile plateau displayed since the 1990s. 2024-07-08T22:45:22Z 2024-07-08T22:45:22Z 2024-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12882 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 23 p. application/pdf application/pdf 1900 - 1999 Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno
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topic Producto Bruto Interno
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Divergencia económica
Economic divergence
Análisis económico
Economic analysis
Desarrollo económico
Economic growth
spellingShingle Producto Bruto Interno
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Divergencia económica
Economic divergence
Análisis económico
Economic analysis
Desarrollo económico
Economic growth
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Katz, Sebastián
When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
topic_facet Producto Bruto Interno
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Divergencia económica
Economic divergence
Análisis económico
Economic analysis
Desarrollo económico
Economic growth
description Based on long series of per capita GDPs, we characterize the economic divergence of Argentina in the 20th century relative to a group of countries with comparable initial income per capita. We find the divergence to be considerably longer than usually conjectured, with two marked tranches in the first half of the century and in the post war period, the latter being associated with GDP underperformance despite the relative decline in population. We identify specific dates for the inflection points, discuss the context in each case, and propose a potential explanation of the divergence together with a description of the highly volatile plateau displayed since the 1990s.
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Katz, Sebastián
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Katz, Sebastián
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title When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
title_short When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
title_full When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
title_fullStr When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
title_full_unstemmed When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
title_sort when did argentina lose its mojo? a short note on economic divergence
publisher Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno
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