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Title:

The economies of Argentina and Brazil : a comparative perspective / edited by Werner Baer, David Fleischer ; with the assistance of Lawrence De Geest.

Publisher:

Edward Elgar,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xx, 487 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Argentina--Economic conditions--1945-
Brazil--Economic conditions--1945-
Industrialization--Argentina.
Industrialization--Brazil.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Argentina.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Brazil.

Other Authors:

Baer, Werner, 1931-2016.
Fleischer, David V.
Geest, Lawrence de.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I: Industrialization. Industrial development in Argentina / Bernardo Kosacoff -- A bird's eye view of Brazilian industrialization / André Villela -- Comments on part I / Joseph L. Love -- Part II: Agriculture. The agricultural sector in Argentina / César Gappa and Andrés Gallo -- The evolution of Brazilian agriculture from 1987 to 2009 / Carlos José Caetano Bacha -- Comments on part II / Andrew W. Horowitz -- Part III: The service sector : formal and informal. General facts about the service sector in Argentina / Ricardo Bebczuk -- Size and importance of tertiary activities in Brazil / Carlos R. Azzoni and Joaquim J.M. Guilhoto -- Comments on part III / Edmund Amann -- Part IV: Income distribution. Anatomy of distributive changes in Argentina / Walter Sosa-Escudero and Sergio Petralia -- The evolution of income distribution in Brazil / Rodolfo Hoffmann -- Comments on part IV / Adolfo Figueroa -- Part V: The state and the privatization experience. Argentina's gas and electricity reform / Esteban Manuel Greco, Diego Petrecolla and Carlos Adrián Romero -- Two decades of privatization in Brazil / Armando Castelar Pinheiro -- Comments on part V / Werner Baer -- Part VI: Regional development. Regional development, regional disparities and public policies in Argentina : a long-run view / Alberto Porto and Atilio Elizagaray -- The regional question in Brazil : nature, causes and policies / Alexandre Rands Barros -- Comments on part VI / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings -- Part VII: Inflation and stabilization policies. Inflation and macroeconomic policies in post-convertibility Argentina / Daniel Heymann, Adrián Ramos and Horacio Aguirre -- Inflation and stabilization in Brazil / Manuel A.R. da Fonseca -- Comments on part VII / Daniel G. Arce M. -- Part VIII: Foreign trade and investment : past and present. Trade and foreign investment in Argentina : from the agro-export model to the present / Andrés López -- Foreign trade and foreign investments : the Brazilian experience in the last two decades / Simão Davi Silber -- Comments on part VIII / Donald N. Coes.

ISBN:

1849809968 (hbk.)
9781849809962 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)751791744

LCCN:

2011925796

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)