In this paper we revisit three hypotheses, which we had proposed before, in an attempt to explain the long-run pattern of Argentine real GDP growth: (i) distributional conflicts (between the government and the private sector, and between entrepreneurs and trade unions), (ii) a permissive...

Argentine economic development from 1864 to 1983 can be roughly devided into a period of economic progress (1864 - 1930) and into one of economic decline (1930 - 1983). Of the many issues that could potentially explain such an unprecedented development of a basically resource-rich country, this...

Die derzeit angespannten handelspolitischen Beziehungen zwischen Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten werfen die Frage nach dem tatsächlichen Protektionsgrad auf, mit dem international tätige deutsche Unternehmen in Nordamerika konfrontiert werden. Würde in Nordamerika eine Abschottungspolitik...