Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195249 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Latin American Economic Review [ISSN:] 2196-436X [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 5 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-53
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We use a simple three-sector model to narrate the economic history of Argentina during the twentieth century as seen through the prism of its integration into and dis-integration from the world economy. Assuming that capital moves between the primary and secondary sectors more slowly than labor moves between the secondary and tertiary sectors, we show that import-substitution policies exhibit path dependence. We contend that the endogenous industrialization of the inter-war period generated political changes that paved the way for import-substitution industrialization during the post-war period. Even if this inward-oriented strategy failed to spur economic growth, protectionist policies became entrenched. In the absence of mature political institutions, the liberalization process was delayed and, when it finally did occur, it was extremely costly.
Subjects: 
Trade policy
Import substitution
Trade liberalization
Protectionism
JEL: 
N10
N17
D72
D78
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Document Type: 
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