Transformaciones en el Rol del Estado. La Concesión de Redes Viales en Argentina

The general objective of this paper is to study the characteristics of the regulatory framework for the road networks concession system in Argentina during the 1989-2006 period, considering two regulation models, which begun in 1989 and 2003 respectively. The article argues that the concession and / or privatization of public goods or services can not mean abandoning the nation state responsibilities, which means those concession programs must operate within a regulatory framework. Additionally, it suggests that the effectiveness of the concession program it directly associated with the privatisation process´ characteristics and that strengthening institutional capacities of the comptroller agency is insufficient to overturn the features of a concessions model, such as the Argentinean, which, as a result of uncertainty and instability, benefits to specific groups of players.