En este trabajo se presenta una comparación de precios y salarios entre dos regiones dela Argentinaen el siglo XX. A partir del relevamiento de las fuentes, se confeccionaron series de precios y salarios urbanos de Mendoza y Buenos Aires. Aunque ambas regiones fueron pioneras en la construcción institucional de organismos de estadísticas, los intereses no fueron siempre coincidentes. Por ello, el relevamiento de las publicaciones oficiales se complementó con fuentes no oficiales y datos seriales disponibles en distintos reservorios. Las series construidas ofrecen los primeros resultados comparativos.
The growth of Argentina’s economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was so great that it was called “The Great Expansion”. This explains the interest of economic historians to observe, analyze and explain the conditions under which such growth occurred. One of the topics is the 1890 crisis, or “Baring Crisis”. This was seen by contemporaries as the worst economic debacle of the nineteenth century. Studies in economic history have seen this crisis both their macroeconomic aspects, and from the impact that would have occurred in the population. Also, in recent years there has been a renewed interest in the production and analysis of series of prices and wages, as key to analyzing economic indicators economy conditions and living conditions and inequality. Given this historiographical renewal, in this article a new series of prices and wages of Buenos Aires in the late nineteenth century are presented. With this new information, and open discussion with previous works, a new perspective on the evolution of prices and wages is provided, with a different perspective on the impact of the 1890 crisis.
Palabras clave: historia de empresas; historia argentina; Mercado Central de Frutos; rentabilidad empresaria.Abstract. This paper presents a comparative analysis of three large Argentine companies (Bunge & Born, Garovaglio & Zorraquín, and Mercado Central de Frutos) between 1926 and 1955. The evolution of equity and profits is described, and related to business and macroeconomic conditions. These indicators reflect the performance of the companies, and the results of different business strategies. Using as sources reports and balance sheets the relationship between diversification and profits is discussed.
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