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Argentina’s external insertion during both Convertibility and Post-convertibility: agro-export specialization and financial dependence

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This article contributes to the debate around the meaning and extent of changes to Argentina’s economy between 2002 and 2015 (usually referred to as the “Post-Convertibility” period), in contrast to the policies of 1991-2001 (known as the “Convertibility” period), as these changes may have altered operation of the Argentine economy following the abandonment of both the industrialization of import substitution and IMF adjustment policies. Specifically, this research focuses on external insertion, both commercial and financial. It is concluded that a common element throughout both periods was the persistence of trade specialization based on the primary sector and low value added products, while Argentina’s financial insertion in the world economy was characterized by vulnerability and dependency, subject to the reactions of international commodity prices to changes in geopolitics and the global economy. These factors continue to determine financing conditions for the Argentine economy. Resumen: Este artículo pretende contribuir al debate en torno al significado y alcance de los cambios económicos operados en la economía argentina entre 2002 y 2015 (habitualmente citado como «posconvertibilidad»), en contraste con las políticas del periodo 1991-2001 (conocido como «convertibilidad»), por cuanto hayan podido dar paso a un funcionamiento diferente de la economía argentina tras el abandono tanto de la industrialización sustitutiva de importaciones como de las políticas de ajuste de corte fondomonetarista. En concreto, la presente investigación se centra en la inserción exterior, tanto comercial como financiera. Se concluye que un elemento común en todo el periodo ha sido la persistencia de la especialización comercial fundamentada en productos primarios y de bajo valor anadido, mientras que su inserción financiera en la economía mundial cabe caracterizarla por la vulnerabilidad y la dependencia, fundamentadas en la variabilidad de los precios internacionales de las commodities a los cambios en la coyuntura política y económica mundial. Estos son los factores que determinan las condiciones de financiación de la economía argentina.

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  • Miguel Montanya, 2022. "Argentina’s external insertion during both Convertibility and Post-convertibility: agro-export specialization and financial dependence," Ensayos de Economía 20591, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín.
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    Keywords

    External insertion; trade specialization; financial capitalinserción externa; especialización interna; capital financiero;
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    JEL classification:

    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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