Dollar in Argentina and URV in Brazil: targets, functionality, and results

Vol. 18 No. 4 (1998)

Oct-Dec / 1998
Published October 1, 1998
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How to Cite

Sicsú, João. 1998. “Dollar in Argentina and URV in Brazil: Targets, Functionality, and Results”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 18 (4):644-47. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571998-1261.

Dollar in Argentina and URV in Brazil: targets, functionality, and results

João Sicsú
Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 18 No. 4 (1998), Oct-Dec / 1998, Pages 644-647

Abstract

The article discusses targets, functionality, and results of the process to set relative
prices in Brazil and Argentina in the pre-desinflation period, that is before Real Plan and
Cavallo Plan respectively.

JEL Classification: E52; F41.


Keywords: Stabilization currency crisis dollarization currency substitution