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Battles over numbers : the case of the Argentine consumer price index (2007–2015)
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Lanata Briones, Cecilia T. (2019) Battles over numbers : the case of the Argentine consumer price index (2007–2015). Economy and Society, 48 (1). pp. 127-151. doi:10.1080/03085147.2019.1579438 ISSN 0308-5147.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2019.1579438
Abstract
An unprecedented crisis of confidence in Argentina’s public statistics rendered the declaration of a ‘National Statistical Emergency’ in 2016. This paper examines the battle over the Argentine consumer price index (CPI) between 2007 and 2015. It argues that in this dispute the index became the object of political struggle rather than a methodological controversy. The main characteristics of the Argentine
CPI, its trajectory and the country’s inflationary history influenced the type of debate and the dispute that was possible and feasible. The battle was linked to the erosion of confidence in and social support for official statistics and to the emergence of alternative price indices. Both processes seriously undermined the government’s ability to control inflation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HA Statistics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Economy and Society | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0308-5147 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 April 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 48 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 127-151 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/03085147.2019.1579438 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 November 2019 |
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