Dollarization
Abstract
In March 1991, Argentina’s new Finance Minister, Domingo Cavallo, adopted
a plan for the legal convertibility of the Austral into dollars. The Cavallo Plan became
popularly known as a ‘dollarization’ plan, when, in fact, it was about the Australianization
of the Argentine economy. We have published the following articles in Documents
section of the journal due to the importance of the analysis and information they contain.
JEL Classification: E31; F34.
Keywords: Dollarization convertibility plan Austral