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The Collapse of the Currency Board and The Hard Way Back to Normality in Argentina
Guillermo Rozenwurcel  

According to this paper, the severity of Argentina's economic crisis following the capital flow reversal of the late nineties is explained by the interplay of two structural weaknesses of the economy viz., the quite closed nature of the economy to international trade and the extreme portfolio dollarization of its domestic agents, both of which came about due to the country's premature and outright financial liberalization. These characteristics also meant that it was unfeasible to achieve the large real exchange rate depreciation required for adjustment, without causing a distressing effect on the economy.
 
August 12, 2003.

 
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