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Suturing the Open Veins of Ecuador: Debt, Default and Democracy

Mansell, Wade; Openshaw, Karen - In: The Law and Development Review 2 (2009) 1, pp. 151-191

In 2008 the Ecuadorian government received a report on the legitimacy of the country's sovereign debt from an international audit commission appointed by Ecuador's current president, Rafael Correa. This concluded that much of the debt was tainted by illegality and illegitimacy and consequently...

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Multinational enterprises in China, East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe

Chantasasawat, Busakorn; Fung, K.C.; Iizaka, Hitomi; … - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 1 (2008) 2, pp. 122-135

direct investment flows into China to proxy the impact of China on these other economies. Findings – It was found that the … multinational enterprises entering into China stimulate investment in east Asia, but have no significant effects on multinational … comprehensive set of factors and then uses foreign direct investment flows into China as a proxy for the impact of China on other …

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Measuring Latin America’s export dependency on China

Casanova, Carlos; Xia, Le; Ferreira, Romina - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 9 (2016) 3, pp. 213-233

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deploy an export dependency index to identify the sectors and countries in Latin America which are most exposed to fluctuations in Chinese demand. Bilateral trade between China and Latin America has grown very quickly in the past decade. As a consequence,...

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Mirror trade statistics between China and Latin America

Benita, Francisco; Urzúa, Carlos M. - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 9 (2016) 3, pp. 177-189

Purpose This paper aims to examine the accuracy of the trade statistics between the People’s Republic of China and 20 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico,...

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Clusters or un‐clustered industries? Where inter‐firm marketing cooperation matters

Felzensztein, Christian; Gimmon, Eli; Aqueveque, Claudio - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 27 (2012) 5, pp. 392-402

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the perceived role of clusters in inter‐firm cooperation and social networks. Design/methodology/approach – The study was carried out in a region of Latin America where limited research has been conducted in terms of inter‐firm relationships....

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Infrastructure and productivity in Latin America: is there a relationship in the long run?

Kühl Teles, Vladimir; Cesar Mussolini, Caio - In: Journal of Economic Studies 39 (2012) 1, pp. 44-62

authors do not find strong evidence that cuts in infrastructure investment in some Latin American countries were the main …

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Cheap Food and Resource Allocation in Central America

Reinert, Kenneth A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 18 (1991) 2

During the 1950‐1979 period, the governments of Central America often pursued “cheap‐food” policies. A general‐equilibrium model is employed to show how these policies contributed to the resource‐allocation patterns observed in the region during this period. The model also shows how...

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Public infrastructure investment and fiscal sustainability in Latin America: incompatible goals?

Carranza, Luis; Daude, Christian; Melguizo, Angel - In: Journal of Economic Studies 41 (2014) 1, pp. 29-50

public investment – a flexible part of the budget that is easier to cut during consolidation effort, but with potentially … might help create fiscal space for infrastructure investment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses trends in … public and total infrastructure investment in six large Latin American economies, in the light of fiscal developments since …

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Assessing the effect of inflation uncertainty on inflation: further evidences for Latin America

Ferreira, Diego; Palma, Andreza Aparecida - In: Journal of Economic Studies 44 (2017) 4, pp. 506-517

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the effect of inflation uncertainty on inflation has changed over time in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a stochastic volatility in mean (SVM) model with time-varying parameters (TVP) as proposed by Chan (2017)....

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Why is so little marketing research on Latin America published in high quality journals and what can we do about it?

Fastoso, Fernando; Whitelock, Jeryl - In: International Marketing Review 28 (2011) 4, pp. 435-449

Purpose – First, this paper aims to uncover how much marketing research based on data gathered in Latin America has been published in high quality business and marketing academic journals over the past decade. Second, it seeks to present recommendations on best practice in conducting and...

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