Política comercial e inserción internacional de la Argentina para los a´nos 90
By: SIRLIN, Marta Bekerman y Pablo
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Nobel, jul./set. 1996Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 16, 3, p. 91-114Abstract: Taking into account the international context, the theoretical debate, and the lessons that could be extracted from successful countries, the article examines the trade policy basis that should be followed by Argentina to get a dynamic international insertion. It is pointed out that trade policy could be used as an instrument of both, macroeconomic and microeconomic gestion. Its employment as a suboptimal instrument could be justify when the optimal ones are restricted (for example the case of the exchange rate policy in Argentina). It is also emphasized that it is necessary to follow a dose coordination between trade and industrial and technological policies to get high levels of investment in the tradable sectors, an increase in competitivity based in higher levels of productivity, and an improvement in the perfil of specialization. Finally it is pointed out the importance of improving the autonomy and efficiency of the State to guarantee the effectiveness of the public interventions
Taking into account the international context, the theoretical debate, and the lessons that could be extracted from successful countries, the article examines the trade policy basis that should be followed by Argentina to get a dynamic international insertion. It is pointed out that trade policy could be used as an instrument of both, macroeconomic and microeconomic gestion. Its employment as a suboptimal instrument could be justify when the optimal ones are restricted (for example the case of the exchange rate policy in Argentina). It is also emphasized that it is necessary to follow a dose coordination between trade and industrial and technological policies to get high levels of investment in the tradable sectors, an increase in competitivity based in higher levels of productivity, and an improvement in the perfil of specialization. Finally it is pointed out the importance of improving the autonomy and efficiency of the State to guarantee the effectiveness of the public interventions
Revista de Economia Política 1996
v. 16, n. 3(63)
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