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A merican & F oreign P ower in A rgentina and B razil (1926–65)
Author(s) -
Lanciotti Norma S.,
Saes Alexandre Macchione
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/aehr.12041
Subject(s) - business
The article analyses the evolution, strategies, and position of the A merican & F oreign P ower company ( AFP ) in A rgentina and B razil from the mid‐1920s to the second post‐war period. We compare the economic performance and the strategies followed by this US group in different host economies, examining the relations between the US electricity firms and the governments of both countries that explain A merican & F oreign P ower's withdrawal from A rgentina and B razil in 1959–65. The study is based upon the annual reports and proceedings of A merican & F oreign P ower (1923–63) and other corporate reports, government statistics, and official reports from A rgentina, B razil, and the US .