[fre] L'objet de cet article est de montrer que le développement des nouveaux mar­chés boursiers en Amérique latine est susceptible d'améliorer le financement des infrastructures. L'essor de ces emerging markets trouve son origine non seule­ment dans des facteurs internes, mais également...

This article will examine the question of complete dollarization in Latin America. Because of the opportunity cost of dollarization, replacing a national currency with a foreign currency is a solution of last resort to the financial instability of Latin American economies. To clarify the...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the export-platform foreign direct investment as a strategic behavior of multinational firms. First, we use a three-country model to identify the main location factors of this investment. These factors are relative labor cost between the host country and...

This paper will analyse the debate about official dollarization in Latin America. Because of the opportunity cost of dollarization, replacing a national currency by a foreign currency is a solution of last resort to the financial instability of emerging economies. To clarify the discussion, a...

This essay examines the contribution of Furtado to the understanding of the peripheral industrialisation process. His analysis of the role of industrialisation in the development policy of peripheral countries is based on criticism of the international division of labour that has been presented...

This paper aims to contribute to the debate regarding the presence of foreign banks in Latin America. To clarify the discussion, we shall conduct a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature devoted to internationalisation in the banking sector so as to provide a better analysis of the...

[fre] Dans le but d'élargir le champ d'investigation de l'économie industrielle bancaire, cet article cherche à vérifier si le corps analytique des alliances industrielles peut servir de référence pour comprendre les alliances bancaires. Si les alliances bancaires semblent être une...