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Archivo Abierto Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: RHE V. 36 Nº 1 primavera 2018
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Introducción
- Sandra Kuntz-Ficker. Latin American Foreign Trade Statistics for the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Artículos
- Agustina Rayes. The Other Side of Argentine Foreign Trade: Sources for the Study of Imports, 1880-1913
- José Alejandro Peres-Cajías and Anna Carreras-Marín. Official Bolivian Trade Statistics (1910-1949): Landlockness and the Limits of a Standard Accuracy Approach
- Christopher David Absell and Antonio Tena-Junguito. The Reconstruction of Brazil’s Foreign Trade Series, 1821-1913
- Rafael Ángel Ledezma Díaz. Reconstrucción de series de valor del comercio exterior de Honduras. 1880–1930
- Sandra Kuntz-Ficker and Antonio Tena-Junguito. Mexico’s Foreign Trade in a Turbulent Era (1821-1870): A Reconstruction
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Publication Contraportada [Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXXVI, march 2018, n. 1](Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03)Publication Reconstrucción de series de valor del comercio exterior de Honduras. 1880–1930(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03) Ledezma Díaz, Rafael ÁngelEste artículo presenta, por primera vez, series continuas de valor de las importaciones y exportaciones de Honduras para el período 1880-1930, alargando las series anteriores de Notten (2012) de las que se disponía hasta ahora. Las nuevas series se construyeron sobre la base de las estadísticas oficiales de sus principales socios comerciales (Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Alemania y Francia) corregidas a partir de fuentes propias hondureñas y complementarias. Los criterios de corrección aplicados se basaron en los resultados de un ejercicio previo de validación de fiabilidad. Los datos obtenidos permiten delimitar una nueva cronología del comercio exterior de Honduras, donde la “era de las exportaciones” se inició antes del boom bananero que tuvo lugar entre 1903 y 1930.Publication Official Bolivian Trade Statistics (1910-1949): Landlockness and the Limits of a Standard Accuracy Approach(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03) Peres-Cajías, José Alejandro; Carreras-Marín, Anna; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)This paper aims to evaluate the accuracy of official Bolivian foreign trade statistics. Results show large discrepancies between Bolivian records and those of its main trade partners during the First World War. Whereas the gap decreased thereafter, it stayed particularly high in the case of exports. This seems to be explained by mistakes in the geographical assignment by the trade partners rather than by an overvaluation of official Bolivian figures. This suggests that landlockness may have had a significant negative effect on the accuracy of trade statistics fromthe, a priori, more reliable countries. The study also helps to revisit the debate concerning the effect that tin exploitation had on the rest of the Bolivian economy during the first half of the 20th century.Publication The Other Side of Argentine Foreign Trade: Sources for the Study of Imports, 1880-1913(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03) Rayes, AgustinaHistoriography has payed less attention to imports than exports from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. On the one hand, this is explained by the crucial and more visible part that exports played in fostering economic growth. On the other, the reason why imports have been less studied is the high level of disaggregation of the data available. In this paper, we analyse the official Argentine statistics as the main source for a reconstruction of imports. Then, we recalculate the balance of trade using our corrected export series. Additionally, we propose a research agenda based on gaps in the specialised literature and the possibilities given by the use of the official statistics.Publication Latin American Foreign Trade Statistics for the 19th and Early 20th Centuries(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03) Kuntz Ficker, SandraThis essay aims to introduce an issue of the RHE-JILAEH dedicated to the reconstruction of historical trade statistics of Latin American countries. It comments on the early perceptions of the quality and utility of historical trade statistics and on the way in which more recent analyses have overcome the distrust that prevailed until the last third of the 20th century. It then summarises the different criteria and methodologies that have been used to assess the accuracy and reliability of trade statistics in order to make them useful for the purpose of reconstructing new, more complete and precise trade series or re-estimating those available. The introduction ends with a brief description of the contents of this volume.Publication Preliminares [Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXXVI, march 2018, n. 1](Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2018-03)Publication The reconstruction of Brazil's foreign trade series, 1821-1913(2018-03-01) Absell, Christopher David; Tena Junguito, Antonio; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)To date, research on the economic history of Brazil during the 19th century has relied on official foreign trade statistics, the accuracy of which has repeatedly been put into question. This paper provides insights into the accuracy of the official series by examining the accuracy of the export and import series for Brazil during the 19th century. We re-estimate the official import series using trading partner sources, and find that the official series was marginally under-valued during certain periods of the 19th century. Furthermore, we provide new upper- and lower-bound estimates of the export series by testing different assumptions regarding the size of the cost, insurance and freight to free on board factor adjustments. Finally, we introduce a new import price index for the period 1827-1913.Publication Mexico's foreign trade in a turbulent era (1821-1870): a reconstruction(2018-03-01) Kuntz Ficker, Sandra; Tena Junguito, Antonio; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)In 1821 Mexico achieved its independence from Spain. What happened in the following 50 years has become a field of dispute for economic historians. The lack of reliable quantitative information in many fields of economic activity has led to contrasting interpretations, none of which has been accepted as definitive. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the yearly values of Mexico's foreign trade in that period, with the purpose of providing elements to start filling this significant gap in Mexico's historiography. It relies on official trade statistics and consular reports from Mexico's main trading partners. It provides new series of imports and (commodity and specie) exports, and a provisional view of the balance of trade for most of the 1821-1870 period.