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<journal-id>1405-2253</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[América Latina en la historia económica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Am. Lat. Hist. Econ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-2253</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-22532016000200122</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18232/alhe.v23i2.711</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ganancias y pérdidas de los inversores británicos en la venta de los ferrocarriles al Estado argentino en 1947-1948]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Gains and losses among the british investors in the sale of railways to Argentina in 1947-1948]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario Justo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Buenos Aires  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Buenos Aires ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>122</fpage>
<lpage>166</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-22532016000200122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-22532016000200122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-22532016000200122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En 1948 el Estado argentino compró los ferrocarriles que pertenecían a compañías británicas por 150 000 000 de libras, poniendo fin a casi 90 años de inversiones extranjeras en ferrocarriles en Argentina. Esa suma, dispuesta la liquidación de las compañías, fue destinada a reembolsar el valor de los títulos a sus tenedores. El presente trabajo analiza la repercusión que dicha liquidación tuvo en el resultado de la inversión, teniendo en cuenta que casi 100 000 000 de libras quedaron sin rescatar, principalmente acciones de las compañías más importantes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: In 1948 the Argentine Government paid 150 000 000 pounds to buy the railway lines owned by British companies. After 90 years of British presence, the purchase put an end of foreign investments in railways in Argentina. When the companies were wound up, near 100 000 000 pounds in securities, mainly shares, could not be rescued. This paper is concerned with the losses suffered by the shareholders when the price was distributed among them.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Argentina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[railways]]></kwd>
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