Consequences of Military and Civilian Rule in Argentina: An Analysis of Central Government Budgetary Trade-Offs, 1961-1982

Abstract

One of the major debates in the literature focuses on whether budget allocations, economic performance, policy outcomes, and the like change significantly with changes in political regimes. To date, there are about an equal number of studies concluding that significant change does take place as there are studies suggesting the opposite. This research has been criticized on two major points.