Re: Argentina--how the asset stripping took off

[Alan Cibils <abcibils@xxxxxxxxx>]

For what its worth, Universidad del CEMA is one of the most reactionary
(i.e. neoliberal) universities/think tanks of Argentina. Ex finance
minister Roque Fernandez (the guy who succeeded Cavallo in 1995) was from CEMA.

Alan


At 1/14/2002, you wrote:
> Corporate Governance: An International Review
>
> Corporate Governance in Argentina: the outcome of economic freedom (1991-2000)
>
> Volume 9: Issue 4
>
>
> Rodolfo Apreda: Universidad del Cema, Buenos Aires, Argentina
>
> Abstract:
>
> This paper develops and provides evidence for two statements: a) In
> Argentina, there has been a
> marked shift in ownership and control from big family-owned domestic
> companies towards foreign
> groups and investment funds, and b) While coping with governance issues,
> Argentina has been
> following the common law countries tradition, fostering a
> capital-market-based financial system and
> swapping its corporate governance practices outright. To ground these
> statements on facts, I survey
> corporate governance issues in this country before 1991, the underlying
> legal framework, the new
> rules of the game in capital structure and ownership as from 1991, largely
> due to a wave of
> privatisations, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions that took place
> through the last decade.
>
>
> Article Type: Original article
>
> Page range: 298 - 310
>
> 5 Table(s) 13 Page(s)


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