Deuda pública interna, patrón metálico y guerras civiles: interconexiones institucionales, la Colombia del siglo XIX
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n67a2026Abstract
Este artículo analiza los impactos monetarios e institucionales de la deuda pública interna en Colombia en el siglo XIX. Se expone la naturaleza de esta deuda y su evolución institucional, con el fin de bosquejar una parte de la matriz institucional del siglo XIX; para ello, se utilizan ideas del nuevo institucionalismo económico. El artículo deriva de una investigación más extensa en la que se reconstruyeron series fiscales y e información cualitativa a partir de fuentes primarias. Aquí se muestra el vínculo estrecho entre la emisión de notas de deuda y las guerras civiles, y se expone evidencia sobre cómo la deuda estructuró un patrón metálico impuro. Se encuentra que, esta deuda tuvo impacto sobre el nivel de precios y consolidó la persistencia del caos monetario y las guerras civiles.
Palabras clave: deuda pública interna, patrón oro, guerra civil, instituciones, siglo diecinueve. Clasificación JEL: E42, N16, N26, N46.
Abstract:
This article analyzes the monetary and institutional impacts of the domestic public debt in 19th century Colombia. It shows the nature of this debt and its evolution so as to ultimately sketch one side of the institutional matrix of that century. The article draws upon the New Economic Institutionalism and it is derived from a broader research where fiscal data and qualitative information were built by using primary sources. It points out the close link between the issuing of debt notes and civil wars, and displays evidence on how this debt structured an impure gold standard. It is found that this debt had impact on the price level and strengthened the persistence of the monetary chaos and civil wars.
Keywords: domestic public debt, gold standard, civil war, institutions, nineteen century. JEL classification: E42,N16,N26,N46.
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Cet article présente une analyse des impacts monétaires et institutionnels concernant la dette publique interne en Colombie au XIXème siècle. On expose ici la nature de la dette et de son évolution institutionnelle à fin d.esquisser une matrice institutionnelle du XIXème siècle. L.article utilise certaines idées du nouvel institutionnalisme économique, lesquelles ont été obtenues à partir d.une étude plus étendue dans laquelle on a reconstruit des séries fiscales et de l.information qualitative en utilisant des sources primaires. On montre le lien étroit existant entre l.émission de certificats de dette et les guerres civiles, tout en montrant les preuves sur la manière dont la dette publique a permit l.apparition d.un étalon métallique impur. On trouve que cette dette a eu un impact sur le niveau des prix et elle a consolidé le chaos monétaire et les guerres civiles.
Mots clef: dette publique interne, étalon or, guerre civile, institutions, XIXème siècle. Classification JEL: E42,N16,N26,N46.
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