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Precios y tarifas de servicios públicos. Evolución. 1945-2018

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  • Walter Cont
  • Fernando Navajas
  • Francisco Pizzi
  • Alberto Porto

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Este trabajo ensambla un gran base de datos y se inscribe en la larga tradición de elaboración de estadísticas de precios de los servicios públicos en la Argentina y viene así a llenar un vacío al completar series que habían sido oficialmente discontinuadas o abandonadas en la Argentina, extendiéndolas hasta la actualidad. Constituye de este modo una contribución al estudio tarifario para diversos propósitos, incluyendo los de naturaleza histórica porque cubre más de 7 décadas de evidencia empírica. Se presenta una serie de precios y tarifas de servicios públicos y combustibles, con una amplia desagregación, para el período que cubre desde 1945 hasta 2018. El trabajo tiene valor histórico estadístico y provee hechos estilizados que ayudan a entender la morfología de los ciclos tarifarios en la Argentina. Estos comportamientos, tanto en tendencia como en fluctuaciones reales, han sido disimiles entre sectores. Las series tienen en el comienzo y final dos períodos marcados de deterioro real llamados el Gran Deterioro I y II que reflejan intervenciones generalizadas y profundas, en particular el segundo en donde la magnitud de la caída real tendió a sobresalir sobre cualquier impacto diferencial, en los índices que capturan impactos entre grupos de distintos ingresos.

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  • Walter Cont & Fernando Navajas & Francisco Pizzi & Alberto Porto, 2020. "Precios y tarifas de servicios públicos. Evolución. 1945-2018," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4328, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
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    Keywords

    niveles tarifas; servicios públicos; ciclos tarifarios; impactos; presupuestarios y distributivos;
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    JEL classification:

    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation

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