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The decline of Latin American economies : growth, institutions, and crises

Edwards, Sebastian (ed.) - 2007

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US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective

Hanson, Gordon H.; Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our review of the evidence on the US immigration wave from the region suggests that it bears many similarities to the major immigration waves of the 19th and early...

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Prodigals and Projecture : An Economic History of Usury Laws in the United States from Colonial Times to 1900

Rockoff, Hugh - 2003

history suggests that the usury laws, when tightly drawn, may have had a larger impact than economic historians have generally …

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The Great Pyramids of America : A Revised History of US Business Groups, Corporate Ownership and Regulation, 1930-1950

Kandel, Eugene - 2013

Most listed firms are freestanding in the U.S, while listed firms in other countries often belong to business groups: lasting structures in which listed firms control other listed firms. Hand-collected historical data illuminate how the present ownership structure of the United States arose: (1)...

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Sovereign Debt in Latin America, 1820-1913

Paolera, Gerardo della - 2012

This paper examines sovereign lending to Latin America and the Caribbean from 1820 to 1913. We examine four waves of capital flows where defaults were followed by a return to market access. In spite of extended default, countries kept promising high returns that attracted international investors...

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Latin American Inequality : Colonial Origins, Commodity Booms, or a Missed 20th Century Leveling?

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2015

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy have held the pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, and that it's the Iberian colonists' fault. Thus, modern analysts see today a more unequal Latin America...

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Five Centuries of Latin American Inequality

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy to create a more egalitarian society. This paper argues...

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Latin America's Decline : A Long Historical View

Edwards, Sebastian - 2009

to an analysis of Latin America's long history with instability, crises and debt defaults. I show that currency collapses … have been a staple of the region's economic history. In the Section that follows I analyze the long term evolution of … poverty have a long history in the region. The paper ends with an analysis of the way in which Latin American intellectuals …

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History without Evidence : Latin American Inequality since 1491

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009

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Was It Prices, Productivity or Policy? The Timing and Pace of Latin American Industrialization after 1870

Galvarriato, Aurora Gómez - 2008

Brazil, Mexico and a few other Latin American republics enjoyed faster industrialization after 1870 than did the rest of Latin America and even faster than the rest of the poor periphery (except East Asia). How much of this economic performance was due to more accommodating institutions and...

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