"Don't cry for me, Argentina": como instifuições fracas Ievaram à crise econôrnica afual na Argentina
Institutions; Argentina; Federalism; Fiscal Federalisuo; Rentier Theory
Argentina is a country that has experienced economic crises over the last two decades' To find out why, the role of institutions in the economy and their influence on a country's economic growth or decline is analyzed. More specifically. Argentina,s fiscal federalism is studied- Based on the article by Gervasoni (2010), an index of subnational democracy is developed for each Argentine province and the City of Buenos Aires, which is the dependent variable in a random effects model. using this model, we observed the influence of the transfer of federal resources to the provinces on their democracy, as well as the influence of the national leader' with the results obtained, we conclude that both federal transfers and the national leader have an impact on sub-nationar democracy.