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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

Formación de capital en el largo plazo en Uruguay, 1870-2011

  • Author(s): Román, Carolina - Willebald, Henry
  • Journal: Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2015

Natural Resources and Economic Growth. Learning from history

  • Author(s): Badia-Miró, Marc - Pinilla, Vicente - Willebald, Henry
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2015

Una perspectiva comparativa: un siglo de Estado Empresario en los servicios públicos del Uruguay

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2015

Auge y ocaso del carbón mineral en Uruguay. Un análisis histórico desde fines del siglo XIX hasta la actualidad

  • Author(s): Román, Carolina - Bertoni, Reto
  • Journal: Revista de Historia Económica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Protección frente al desempleo estacional y bolsas de trabajo en Uruguay (1944-1979)

  • Author(s): Bonino-Gayoso, Nicolás - García Repetto, Ulises
  • Journal: Revista Uruguaya de Historia Económica
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

La reforma de las Empresas Públicas en Uruguay: Una mirada desde la Historia Económica

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

On the accuracy of export growth in Argentina, 1870–1913

  • Author(s): Willebald, Henry - Tena-Junguito, Antonio
  • Journal: Economic History of Developing Regions
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Volatilidad y ciclos del producto y la inversión en Uruguay en el largo plazo: Análisis espectral y aplicación de filtros

  • Author(s): Román, Carolina - Vázquez, Daniela
  • Journal: Revista Uruguaya de Historia Económica
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Espacio del Producto y Cambio Estructural: un enfoque latinoamericano

  • Author(s): Brunini, Alvaro - Fleitas, Sebastián - Ourens, Guzmán
  • Journal: Economia e Sociedade
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Technological intensity of the export structure and the real exchange rate

  • Author(s): Fleitas, Sebastián - Cimoli, Mario - Porcile, Gabriel
  • Journal: Economics of Innovation and New Technology
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Cien años de empresas públicas en Uruguay: evolución y desempeño

  • Author(s): Bertino, Magdalena - Mariño, Natalia - Querejeta, Martina - Torrelli, Milton - Vázquez, Daniela
  • Journal: Revista de Gestión Pública
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2013

Política monetaria y oferta de dinero en Uruguay (1931 a 1959): nuevos contextos y nuevos instrumentos

  • Author(s): Román, Carolina
  • Journal: Ensayos sobre Política Económica
  • Research group: Economic history
  • Year: 2012
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  • About
    • Organization and objectives
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    • Faculty
    • Secretary and Library
  • Research groups
    • 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