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  • December 2018
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  • Latin American Economic Review

Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes

By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
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Abstract

We study the beliefs and values of Peronism. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron’s speeches during the period 1943–1955. Second, given that these beliefs are nonstandard (for economists), we present two models formalizing some of the key aspects (for example, the idea that there is something more than a material exchange in labor relations). Third, we study survey data for the 1990s on the beliefs of Peronist and non-Peronist voters in Argentina and Democrat and Republican voters in the United States. While income and education suggest that Peronists (in relative terms) look like the Democrats, their beliefs and values suggest that Peronists are the Argentine equivalent of the Republicans.

Keywords

Populism; Altruism; Exploitation; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Argentina

Citation

Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes." Latin American Economic Review 27, no. 1 (December 2018).
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About The Author

Rafael M. Di Tella

Business, Government and the International Economy
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