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Economic history

The Economic History Group (HISTECO by its initials in Spanish) is composed by a group of researchers that study Uruguay's economic performance, combining a long-term and comparative perspective with interest in specific periods and events.

The research is organized in several lines and develops long-term research, specific projects, and postgraduate theses.  

Members of the group are part of local and international academic networks; and are members of editorial committees of academic journals (Revista Uruguaya de Historia Económica, Historia Agraria; Revista de Historia Económica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History (RHE-JILAEH).

Lines of research

- Banking, credit, and money.

- Growth, distribution, and foreign trade in the First Globalization.

- Living standards from a historical perspective.

- Regional economic performance and economic geography.

- Inequality in Uruguay from a long-term perspective.

- Natural resources, sustainability, and development in the long term.

- Historical National Accounts.

- Innovation and technological change in economic history. Uruguay and the region. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

- History of Economics.

Members

  • Paola Azar (coordinator)
  • Pablo Castro
  • Pablo Marmissolle
  • Pablo Messina
  • María Inés Moraes
  • Cecilia Moreira
  • Maximiliano Presa
  • Rebeca Riella
  • Carolina Román (Coordinator)
  • Carolina Vicario
  • Henry Willebald

Publications (link)

Recent projects and publications

DT 02/11 - Una revisión del desempeño de la industria en Uruguay entre 1930 y 1959.

  • Author(s): Arnábal, Rodrigo - Bertino, Magdalena - Fleitas, Sebastián
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2011

DT 07/10 - Política monetaria y oferta de dinero en Uruguay (1931-1959): Nuevos contextos y nuevos instrumentos.

  • Author(s): Román, Carolina
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2010

DT 01/10 - Las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Uruguay en el largo plazo

  • Author(s): Azar, Paola - Fleitas, Sebastián
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2010

DT 09/09 - El manejo del gasto público y la protección social: el caso uruguayo en el Siglo XX

  • Author(s): Azar, Paola - Fleitas, Sebastián
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2009

DT 07/07 - La evolución del sistema de seguridad social en el Uruguay (1829-1986)

  • Author(s): Sienra, Mariana
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2007

DT 07/06 - Las necesidades financieras del sector público: un enfoque desde el endeudamiento (1935-1959)

  • Author(s): Azar, Paola - Bertoni, Reto
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2006

DT 06/06 - Impuesto cambiario y subsidios: Uruguay 1937-1959

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena - Bertoni, Reto - García Repetto, Ulises
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2006

DT 05/06 - La experiencia del sistema de imposición a la renta en el Uruguay de los sesenta

  • Author(s): García Repetto, Ulises
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2006

DT 04/06 - Más de un siglo de deuda pública uruguaya (1870-2000)

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena - Bertoni, Reto
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2006

DT 09/03 - El estado uruguayo 1906-1930: el balance fiscal, economía y política.

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena - Bertoni, Reto
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2003

DT 08/03 - Uruguay. Deuda pública y capital local, una compleja relación (1905-1939)

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena - Bertoni, Reto
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2003

DT 07/03 - Industria manufacturera y sustitución de importaciones (Uruguay 1911-1930)

  • Author(s): Tajam, Héctor - Yaffé, Jaime
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2003
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    • Macroeconomic Analysis and Trade
    • Development
    • Inequality and Poverty
    • Labor Economics
    • Ethics, Justice and Economy
    • Economic history
    • Gender, Economy and Public Policies
    • Other research lines
      • Political Economy and Fiscal Policy
      • Agricultural, Environmental, and Natural Resources Economics
  • Publications
    • IECON Production
      • Short Run Economic Situation Documents
      • Student Research Documents
      • Working papers
    • Books
      • Book chapters
      • Complete works
    • Peer-reviewed publications
    • Databases
    • IECON 70 years
  • Projects
  • Diffusion
    • IECON in the media
    • Economics Department Blog
    • Events