Convergence, Trade and Industrial Policy: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in the International Economy, 1900-1980

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-67

  Bértola, Luis ^a   Porcile, Gabriel ^b  

^a Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados   (United States)

^b Universidad Federal de Parana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Balance of payments constrained growth; Brazil; Convergence regimes; Economic History Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations Latin America; N16; path dependency; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014367376     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: 20413335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S021261090000046X     Document Type: Article

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