The Other Side of Argentine Foreign Trade

Sources for the Study of Imports, 1880-1913

Bibliographic Data

ID11394102
AuthorsAgustina Rayes (0000-0002-5335-0675, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume36
Issue1
Pages27-51
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0212-6109 • E-ISSN: 2041-3335
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0212610917000155
OpenAlexW2774976895
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

Historiography has payed less attention to imports than exports from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. On the one hand, this is explained by the crucial and more visible part that exports played in fostering economic growth. On the other, the reason why imports have been less studied is the high level of disaggregation of the data available. In this paper, we analyse the official Argentine statistics as the main source for a reconstruction of imports. Then, we recalculate the balance of trade using our corrected export series. Additionally, we propose a research agenda based on gaps in the specialised literature and the possibilities given by the use of the official statistics

Archaeology · Balance (ability · Balance of trade · Economics · Historiography · International economics · International trade · Official statistics · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin · Statistics · Argentine historical studies · Economic Theory and Policy · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Law · Mathematics

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