Some Aspects of the Political Economy of the Latin American State
In: Development and change, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 119-133
ISSN: 1467-7660
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In: Development and change, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 119-133
ISSN: 1467-7660
In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 114-132
ISSN: 1468-2435
In: Social justice: a journal of crime, conflict and world order, Band 20, S. 115-128
ISSN: 1043-1578, 0094-7571
An examination of the contradictory criteria used to identify the Asian American in the arena of US racial politics considers controversial university admissions policies 1983-1990. Three phases (1983-1986, 1987/88, 1989/90) mark shifts in the racial discourse during this period. Initially, Asian-American students & faculty agreed that admissions practices were discriminatory on the basis of race. In their defense, university administrators maintained that diversity & meritocracy were the genuine issues. Questions of affirmative action were crucial during the last phase in the admissions debate. It is argued that while Asian Americans are actively engaged in US racial politics, their marginal status in this arena where the black/white racial model prevails, paradoxically disintegrates or assimilates their discourse into that of others. 24 References. J. Sadler
In: Journal of financial economic policy, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 476-490
ISSN: 1757-6393
PurposeMora and Acevedo (2019) report that the government spending multipliers in Latin American countries are notably higher than what is typically reported for developed economies. Latin American countries have been inclined toward using procyclical fiscal policies. Those policies have been perceived as being effective at mitigating the effects of the 2008–2009 Great Recession. This study aims to estimate the government spending multiplier using Latin American panel data from 19 Latin American countries from 2000 to 2018. The estimates are conditional on the extent of openness, capital mobility and economic freedom. Based on the results, the latter is important: the less economically free a country, the larger its spending multiplier. Lower economic freedom in Latin American countries can help to account for their large spending multipliers. In particular, restrictions on international trade are positively associated with multipliers. This is the case even while controlling the trade share of GDP.
Design/methodology/approachThe authors provide regression results that are conditional on the extent of openness, capital mobility and economic freedom.
FindingsThe less economically free a country, the larger its spending multiplier. Lower economic freedom in Latin American countries can help to account for their large spending multipliers. In particular, restrictions on international trade are positively associated with multipliers. This is the case even while controlling the trade share of GDP.
Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is first study to estimate the fiscal multiplier conditional on economic freedom levels. The authors provide correctly calculated multipliers conditional on different levels of economic freedom. The authors point the way to future studies considering the effectiveness of fiscal policy conditional on institutional/policy quality.
In: Economic Systems, Band 31, Heft 1
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In: New directions in media
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In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 15, S. 18-25
ISSN: 0094-582X
Transitions to bourgeois-democratic regimes.
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 9, Heft 2, S. 286
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: Estudios económicos, Band 39, Heft 79, S. 103-126
ISSN: 2525-1295
This paper analyzed the relationship between the investment climate and foreign direct investment (FDI) using a sample of 18 Latin American countries. The main results show that obstacles related to financial infrastructure and customs clearance might reduce the probability of a country receiving FDI, while physical infras-tructure obstacles do not significantly affect the influx of FDI. The disaggregated data show that financial infrastructure is important for attracting both vertical and horizontal FDI. On average, policies in Latin America that minimize financial obs-tacles and reduce the time it takes to clear customs will increase the likelihood of attracting FDI.Keywords: developing countries; FDI; export.JEL code: F21; F23
In: International affairs: a Russian journal of world politics, diplomacy and international relations, S. 56-63
ISSN: 0130-9641